Emails bouncing to sender

alka · 15 Mar 2006, 12:09 AM

People trying to email me get this message-

Quote:

Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

****@fastmail.fm
(generated from **@mydomain.com)
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
TO:<****@fastmail.fm>:
host in1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.73]:
554 Service unavailable; Client host [65.254.32.58] blocked using
xbl.spamhaus.org; http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=65.254.32.58

Is this an issue with servers or spam filtering? Clicking on that link shows that the IP is no longer blocked, yet emails are still bounced.

alka · 15 Mar 2006, 02:06 AM

65.254.32.58 is my webhost. I have changed over to a different name server and new mail servers, and everything appears to be coming through now.

I am still confused about the message. It said it had an SMTP error, but at the same time say it was spam-blocked, which i guess could be interpreted as a an SMTP error, though not the wording i would use.

I guess someone at my webhost on the same shared IP 65.254.32.58 was spamming and got blacklisted? And any mail relayed through that IP was blocked by FM?

kom · 15 Mar 2006, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by alka
I guess someone at my webhost on the same shared IP 65.254.32.58 was spamming and got blacklisted? And any mail relayed through that IP was blocked by FM?

That pretty much sums it up :-)

elvey · 15 Mar 2006, 05:54 AM

Alka, what do you think SMTP is? Spam is usually sent (and refused) with SMTP.

alka · 15 Mar 2006, 06:09 AM

Elvey,

Yes, i know what SMTP is. I suppose i just haven't seen that particular style message before. The word "error" for some reason confused me and made me think there was some kind of connection issue. I usually don't think of blacklisting or rejection via a filter as an "error".

Anyway, I relearned something i knew long ago, which is that i shouldn't be relying on my cheap webhost for my MX. This is resolved now.

15 Mar 2006, 02:06 AM	#2
alka Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 349	Update 65.254.32.58 is my webhost. I have changed over to a different name server and new mail servers, and everything appears to be coming through now. I am still confused about the message. It said it had an SMTP error, but at the same time say it was spam-blocked, which i guess could be interpreted as a an SMTP error, though not the wording i would use. I guess someone at my webhost on the same shared IP 65.254.32.58 was spamming and got blacklisted? And any mail relayed through that IP was blocked by FM?

15 Mar 2006, 05:54 AM	#4
elvey The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,458	Alka, what do you think SMTP is? Spam is usually sent (and refused) with SMTP.

15 Mar 2006, 06:09 AM	#5
alka Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 349	Elvey, Yes, i know what SMTP is. I suppose i just haven't seen that particular style message before. The word "error" for some reason confused me and made me think there was some kind of connection issue. I usually don't think of blacklisting or rejection via a filter as an "error". Anyway, I relearned something i knew long ago, which is that i shouldn't be relying on my cheap webhost for my MX. This is resolved now.