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Alex Charrett wrote: > On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, grant@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >> I have sent messages to myself (other domains, including a GMail >> account) and they get through (although it was flagged as SPAM by >> GMail), but it seems that my posts to the list get dropped. >> > > Looks like your mails are being rejected because you're listed on the > spamhaus xbl (and that because you're listed in cbl.abuseat.org). > > >From looking at it, my best guess is that you're listed in the CBL > because your mailserver is HELOing with "localhost.localdomain" which > can indicate a poorly configured mailserver (and is generally bad form). > > Given you've said you're using exim, locate the "primary_hostname" setting > in exim.conf and set it to something more sane (and then restart/HUP > exim). > > You'll then need to go to the cbl site and request delisting. > > I'd have thought that you should have recieved bounce messages telling > you that your mail was rejected because of your listing. > > Alex. Thanks Alex. Hopfully it is all sorted now. As it happened, my mailserver was HELOing with "fileserver" (it's original and only task before I made it do web, mail and SQL too). It should now be HELOing as "server.thymox.co.uk", which should satisfy the CBL people. Cheers. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html