hi all, I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. Nowadays many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be received by the other company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me that probably there are filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on what network means here). here is what they exactly told me:
why would they filter my domain which has only three email accounts, and never spammed throughout its life?
They don't block domain by domain but they block a whole network, they don't care many domains in that network are legit.
They are quite bad on informing the customer about ant problem. they refuse to show me the SMTP logs. It is Exim as far as I know. Would any of you tell me what my problem really might be? I need my web site hosted on a linux machine with mysql and php installed. What would your recommandations be for a web hosting firm? Things I would like to have, shell account with ssh connectivity and web space around 100MB. thanks, baris
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:28:41PM -0500, Baris Hasdemir wrote:
I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. Nowadays many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be received by the other company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me that probably there are filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on what network means here).
Baris, I did a quick lookup of your domain ('host hasdemir.com') and I didn't get any MX record. Many SMTP hosts do a lookup of the sending host/ip, and reject mail if it is not an MX, presuming that it's not a "real" mailserver. (This is to prevent spamming from DUL or cable modem links and whatnot.) I'm on the fence as to whether or not that's a reasonable practice... but it's there. I'd suggest adding an MX record to your domain's DNS. (Whether or not this is the ACTUAL problem you're having at the moment.) -Chuck
Thanks for the replies, I also remember seeing couple of times on yahoogroups logs a log entry like "soft bounce, no MX record" or something like that for an account at hasdemir.com domain. One last question, Can I do adding the MX record or is it the web hosting company who is supposed to do that. I will argue according to this information ;) I will also try reaching the postmasters of the problematic domains. thanks again, baris On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:44:52 -0500 Chuck Homic wrote:
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:28:41PM -0500, Baris Hasdemir wrote:
I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. Nowadays many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be received by the other company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me that probably there are filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on what network means here).
Baris, I did a quick lookup of your domain ('host hasdemir.com') and I didn't get any MX record.
Many SMTP hosts do a lookup of the sending host/ip, and reject mail if it is not an MX, presuming that it's not a "real" mailserver. (This is to prevent spamming from DUL or cable modem links and whatnot.)
I'm on the fence as to whether or not that's a reasonable practice... but it's there. I'd suggest adding an MX record to your domain's DNS. (Whether or not this is the ACTUAL problem you're having at the moment.)
-Chuck
Baris Hasdemir wrote:
I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. Nowadays many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be received by the other company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me that probably there are filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on what network means here).
I am not sure what the problem is but here are some things to think about: -virtual hosting keeps many domain names bound to a single IP address. -the filters they refer to are probably looking at IP addresses or network addresses (the leading portion of the IP address which is followed by the host address) -Since you can send to other domains successfully, contact (from a different account) the postmaster or webmaster at the problem domain and ask them.
I need my web site hosted on a linux machine with mysql and php installed. What would your recommandations be for a web hosting firm? Things I would like to have, shell account with ssh connectivity and web space around 100MB.
I use LogicInternet and am satisfied. They host with FreeBSD but I don't have a shell account. I realize that two of your requirements are already out the window but if you are interested check out their rate plans here: http://www.logicinternet.com/vhost/index.shtml -Brett
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