From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 19 22:19:54 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 22:19:53 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (grouter.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17FC37B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:19:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from grondar.za (root@gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBK6JSk78542; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 08:19:31 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200012200619.eBK6JSk78542@gratis.grondar.za> To: dmaddox@sc.rr.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No cable modems?? References: <20001219182739.C61697@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20001219182739.C61697@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> ; from "Donald J . Maddox" "Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:27:39 EST." Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 08:19:34 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is offtopic! If you need to discuss it, please take it to -chat. > Sorry to post this to -current, but (as should be obvious from > the below) it's the only way I can get Ollivier to see it :( > > Why are you (or your ISP) refusing to accept mail from people > with cable modems? Enquiring minds want to know... ;-) : > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > roberto@keltia.freenix.fr > (reason: 550 no cable modems here) Many ISP's consider cable modem pools and DSL pools as the same sort of "animal" as dialup users. Very many ISPs will refuse to receive mail from all three of those user-classes, because of the "direct-to-MX" spam issue. The solution is to use your ISP's SMTP "smarthost" for your mail. See http://mail-abuse.org/dul/ M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message