RE: [cobalt-users] RAQ2 - Still Can't send mail to AOL HELP!

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Paul Alcock wrote:

> Ready to go balistic with AOL!
> 
> Thought we had it cracked.
> After my upstream hosted all of my PTR records for 
> reverse dns lookups I was able to send email to aol users.
> 
> Till 2pm then new mail is returned as 'may be forged'!!!!!

Is the name supplied by reverse resolvable back to an IP ? The right IP ?

> They (AOL) seem to think that my server is Open for Relay.
> I have looked carefully at the list of Relay emails from 
> these hosts/domains and only those domains that are hosted 
> on my RAQ2 are listed.
> Trying to get hold of AOL (Likely!)

Use their postmaster@ , they do read it...but check on their info page
first, they have a cgi that will test/email your mail server with the info
about why they think it's a relay...http://postmaster.info.aol.com/

Click on Open relay search ...(Note, it won't tell you ANYTHING there, it
emails the info to the postmaster@ on your mail server...)
 
> Hate to ask, but how do I check to see if my server is open for relay?

Most of the RBL's have a way to search multiple lists now, tho, you can't
search aol's list...

www.orbz.org , look up an ip
www.ordb.org , look up an ip and then search other lists

ps making assumptions that you are using the same machine you posted this
from, nothing from .129 - .138 is listed anywhere

gsh