spamhaus-XBL

Jason pg at NEWHONEST.COM
Tue Mar 15 09:31:26 GMT 2005


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Hi Frank,

    In fact my server has port 587 enabled (also smtp-auth enables).

    What exactly I should to do to "not to do special checks (blacklist
checks) on port 587"?

Jason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Louwers" <frank at OPENMINDS.BE>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: spamhaus-XBL


> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 09:18:32AM -0000, Drew Marshall wrote:
>> Jason said:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >     But 219.132.219.6 is the client (outlook express), not the email
>> > server.
>> > The client is sending email through the server by smtp auth.
>> >
>> > Jason
>>
>> That won't make any difference. The client is establishing a SMTP
>> connection to the server and so it's IP address will be checked. Spammers
>> will often fake the client so all SMTP connections have to be checked.
>
> Not realy. You should run auth-smtp on a different port (tcp/587) and
> ONLY run auth-smtp on that port, no regular smtp. That way, you can
> configure the MTA on 587 not to do special checks (blacklist checks).
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> Frank Louwers
>
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