Re: Website link for 207.173.187.220

Hi Doug.

On 07/12/06 17:18, Leisher, Doug wrote:

> It's been 7 days since I last tried to remove my server from the
> blacklist.  So, I initiated another removal request.  This time, I made
> sure all necessary logging on my Exchange 2000 server was activated.
> 
>  
> 
> The second request is the same as the first - my postmaster email
> account did not receive DSBL's email.  The status on DSBL's site shows
> "Remote host said: 250 2.6.0  <[email protected]> Queued
> mail for delivery"
> 
>  
> 
> If I look at message tracking on my Exchange server, there is no mail
> message from DSBL.  Also, there is nothing in my BadMail folder or my
> Spam blocker (SMSMSE) showing that the message was either bad or
> blocked.
> 
>  
> 
> In my Exchange log, here's all I see:
> 
> 2006-12-07 13:07:22 205.231.149.48 ares.penguinhosting.net SMTPSVC1 WEB
> 207.173.187.220 0 HELO - +ares.penguinhosting.net 250 0 48 28 2172 SMTP
> - - - -
> 
> 2006-12-07 13:07:22 205.231.149.48 ares.penguinhosting.net SMTPSVC1 WEB
> 207.173.187.220 0 MAIL - +FROM:<> 250 0 27 12 0 SMTP - - - -
> 

[irrelevant records skipped, all the others are relevant]

> 
> 2006-12-07 13:07:22 205.231.149.48 ares.penguinhosting.net SMTPSVC1 WEB
> 207.173.187.220 0 RCPT - +TO:<[email protected]> 250 0 38 35 0
> SMTP - - - -
> 
> 2006-12-07 13:07:22 205.231.149.48 ares.penguinhosting.net SMTPSVC1 WEB
> 207.173.187.220 0 DATA - +<[email protected]> 250 0 119
> 674 157 SMTP - - - -
> 
> 2006-12-07 13:07:22 205.231.149.48 ares.penguinhosting.net SMTPSVC1 WEB
> 207.173.187.220 0 QUIT - ares.penguinhosting.net 240 2563 68 4 0 SMTP -
> - - -
> 
>  
> 
> One thing I did notice is that the first line has "HELO".  Test messages
> I sent from outside email accounts to my postmaster account I see has
> "EHLO" instead.
>  From what I've read, this shouldn't matter. 

Correct. HELO initiates the older (=simpler) version of SMTP dialog. You
can see that my manual test also used HELO, and the message have passed
to you successfully.

> So, it
> appears that the DSBL message is not being delivered for some reason.

It means that it had been delivered to your server but was not delivered
to any [known] mailbox inside of your server. Just an idea.. is it
possible that your mail storage subsystem has it's own, separate log?
And the spam filtering subsystem too. Unfortunately, my personal
experience in MS-Exchange ends at 3-day trainings in 2002.

> Evidently, it's being held up before Exchange's message tracking sees
> it.
> 
>  
> 
> Can anyone out there shed some light on this so I can get this fixed?

I'm afraid, the next sources of information are outside of DSBL.

http://support.microsoft.com/ - the official one
http://www.msexchange.org/ - possibly the best of unofficial ones

Alexey


> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>   Doug Leisher
> 
>   Technology Coordinator
> 
>   Southern Fulton School District
> 
>  
> 
>