Subj : Illegal Relay
To   : Frank Reid
From : Sentinel
Date : Wed Oct 12 2005 12:38 am

  Re: Illegal Relay
  By: Frank Reid to Sentinel on Tue Oct 11 2005 05:28 pm

 >   Re: Illegal Relay
 >   By: Sentinel to Frank Reid on Tue Oct 11 2005 13:36:00
 > 
 >  > Thanks for the feedback.  I'm actually trying to use direct delivery with
 >  > sbbs mail server.  I have inputed the DNS of my internet connection to th
 >  > server configuration and have put my ip address into a file called relay.
 >  >
 >  > direct delivery doesn't require a remote mail server to relay through, wh
 >  > why I prefer that option.  im getting illegal relay using the direct deli
 >  > method.
 > 
 > If you're on a residential service (cable, DSL, etc.), many of the receiving
 > ISPs block your direct delivery to the mail relays.  We'd really need to see
 > the exact error from the log to determine if that's what's happening.  It's
 > always safest to relay through your ISP using the method I described, if it'
 > provided by the ISP.  Otherwise, on non-commercial or dynamic IP address spa
 > you're almost sure to encounter some large ISPs that won't accept traffic
 > directly from you, e.g. Earthlink, AOL, etc.
 > 

Yes i have encountered the mail rejection because of 'dynamic/residential' ip.
Thanks for the tip on using the remote server.  that may come in handy if I run
into too many problems with mail rejections.


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