[ale] Mail frmo dynamic host

[Joe Steele]

On Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:58 AM, Joe Steele wrote:
>
> On Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:19 AM, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >
> > I sent an email this am and got back an error:
> >
> > <A.J.Caines at halplant.com>: host mail.halplant.com[68.105.184.54] said:
> > 554
> >     <66-23-224-81.clients.speedfactory.net[66.23.224.81]>: Client host
> >     rejected: Mail from dynamic host (in reply to RCPT TO command)
> >
> > What does that mail server think I'm dynamic?
>
> Probably because mail.halplant.com uses a DNS blacklist that says
> your address is dynamic.  The following URL queries a large number of
> blacklists.  A couple say your address is dynamic:
>
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ip4r.ch?ip=68.105.184.54
>

Oops.  I see I queried the wrong address.  Your address checks clean.

Maybe their error message should read 
"rejected: Mail to dynamic host", instead of "from" :)

--Joe