This is %#@*&^$# embarrassing!

[till]

Originally Posted by domino

I'm afraid that will be a losing battle, but i'll try. My IP changes at least every 2 days. Another thing to consider is that other scums/clients with my ISP do spam, adding the block to be blacklisted again. Correct me if i'm wrong, but I think the only solution is to purchase a dedicated IP. So if it happens again, I can email them with the static IP.

Have you thought about my solution posted above? Normally every DSL Provider has Mailservers that can be used as mailrelay from the clients. Why not configure your postfix to send all outgoing email trough this mailserver from your DSL Provider?

[domino]

Originally Posted by till

Have you thought about my solution posted above? Normally every DSL Provider has Mailservers that can be used as mailrelay from the clients. Why not configure your postfix to send all outgoing email trough this mailserver from your DSL Provider?

Actually I didn't think about it but if it will resolve this embarrassment, I can try it. I'm in Webmin now under Postfix Configuration --> General Options. There is a setting: What domain to use in outbound mail. I would enter my ISP mail server there?

And also there is another setting in the Other General Options. it is labled: Send outgoing mail via host I would again enter my ISP mail server there?

[till]

Originally Posted by domino

Actually I didn't think about it but if it will resolve this embarrassment, I can try it. I'm in Webmin now under Postfix Configuration --> General Options. There is a setting: What domain to use in outbound mail. I would enter my ISP mail server there?

I think this setting will rewrite your outgoing email adresses, better leave it blank.

Originally Posted by domino

And also there is another setting in the Other General Options. it is labled: Send outgoing mail via host I would again enter my ISP mail server there?

Yes this looks like the right option, enter the relayserver of your provider here. Sorry, I'am not very familar with webmin

[domino]

Yes this looks like the right option, enter the relayserver of your provider here. Sorry, I'am not very familar with webmin

That's okay. Most real admins don't need webmin and I have heard horror stories about newbies using webmin and tashing there box .

I still don't understand how this will remove the IP address from the blacklist database though. I mean, once I use my ISP's smtp for outbound, will the IP be removed from the blacklist database?

[till]

Originally Posted by domino

I still don't understand how this will remove the IP address from the blacklist database though. I mean, once I use my ISP's smtp for outbound, will the IP be removed from the blacklist database?

This will not remove your IP from the blacklist, but this is not nescessary any more because the IP of the mailserver of your provider is not blacklisted.

[domino]

Ahh! I get it now. By using my ISP's smtp server, the mail server receiving my mail will not see it as blacklisted. Just a work around so ALL emails that originate from my domains are received. I just hope my friends dont tease me or stone me by running a whois on there domains and foinding out that the domains are blacklisted . I really hope only the IP address are blacklisted, and NOT the domain as well. As it is very hard to remove yourself from the database. Especially from sorbs.net

[domino]

I have a bit of bad news

<myself@gmail.com>: host mail.myisp.com[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] said: 550 5.7.1
Unable to relay for myself@gmail.com (in reply to RCPT TO command)

I did another test and configured my email client (outook) to send thruogh my ISP smtp server and it works.

[falko]

Originally Posted by domino

And also there is another setting in the Other General Options. it is labled: Send outgoing mail via host I would again enter my ISP mail server there?

You could also directly edit /etc/postfix/main.cf. Insert these lines:

relayhost = smtp.yourisp.com
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options =

Then create /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd with a line like this in it:

smtp.yourisp.com   smtp_user:smtp_password

Afterwards do this:

chown root:root /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
chmod 600 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
/etc/init.d/postfix restart

[domino]

As for my ISP, they dont require a username and password. so creating a sasl_passwd isn't neccessary. However they dont allow relaying my from linux.domain.com server . Looks like i'll have to go back to direct send and hope people receive messages originating from my server.

I haven't had any problems directly sending to gmail or yahoo, but I bet there are other servers out there that will label my emails as SPAM.

[DaRKNeSS666NL]

I have the same problem If I am sending mail to some. I get the mesage that I am on a blacklist. It's a whole range of ip adresses from my isp.
Going to try to get un listed.
But for that to happen going to use my isp smtp server. I have some questions thoug.

1 must I use smtp.myispdomain.nl or must I use the server, that I also have setup in outlook like netmail.myisp.nl?

And if I send with my isp server witch mail address will the receiver see?
The one I made in ISPConfig or the One I have with my ISP?

TIA DaRKNeSS