Sent from my iPad Saswata Banerjee On 25-Aug-2010, at 8:17 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> wrote: Shit ! Sorry guys. There is a problem with the spam filter on my server. It's marking my outward emails as spam, not just inwards. In this case it's because mtnl static ip is marked somewhere as a spam source. Any idea on what to change in spam assissin to stop this ?

Sent from my iPad Saswata Banerjee On 25-Aug-2010, at 8:34 AM, "Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)" <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> wrote: The problem is that spam assassin is marking my "outgoing" mails as spam. I use thunderbird and apple mail which uses the smtp on my mail server for sending mails. The mail server is on a dedicated server in an USA datacenter, running a red hat clone (forgot what. Will check and tell) When I send mail from office (airtel) or use webmail, there is no problem. When I send mail from home (mtnl) it comes as spam. It's not that incoming mails is marked as spam, it's my outgoing mail marked spam. I am not a techie, but I know bits of it. If someone tells where in spam assassin I have to make a change so that it stops checking outward mails. Regards Saswata

On Wednesday 25 August 2010 05:02 PM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote: Take a common device to your home and office and use the respective internet connections to send mails from the same device and software. Then see what results you get. MTNL does not seem to be the issue. Many of us use it. -- As a proper list etiquette... Please trim your replies. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. Regards, Rony.

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Nishit Dave <stargazer.dave(a)gmail.com> wrote: I have been using MTNL TriBand service since April/2005 and I have not experienced any blocking on any outbound port/service. -- Arun Khan

On 25-Aug-2010, at 8:28 AM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates <scrapo(a)saswatabanerjee.com> wrote: Oops again. It's a mtnl dynamic ip

Greetings, On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: Oops. A stupid thought. Have you tried private dyndns-like server? could never get it going although. Regards, Rajagopal

Greetings, On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: Very true. One needs at least on static IP. Regards, Rajagopal

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Yohan Pereira <yohan.pereira(a)gmail.com> wrote: I believe what Rajagopal is referring to, is setting up a private DNS *server* that accepts dynamic updates from "known" clients (with authentication); i.e. similar to the service that dyndns.com provides. I believe your scenario is the "client" side of the above service. -- Arun Khan

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates <scrapo(a)saswatabanerjee.com> wrote: Looks like the problem is with your SMTP server (smart host) on the 'Net. As Dinesh Shah has pointed out, I hope you have SMTP AUTH setup at your server (userid/password required for out going email). Depending upon the kind of hosting service you have you can: a) Shared Hosting - go to your CPanel and set a lower number for your spamassasin, b) Dedicated server - contact your server Sys Admin. Moot point for your scenario but FYI most dyn dns clients update to the WAN IP of the Proxy/Gateway. -- Arun Khan

Sent from my iPad Saswata Banerjee On 25-Aug-2010, at 10:13 AM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: My server has static ip. It's in a data center. It's marking as spam based in my laptop ip which is dynamic

Any Internet facing mail server directly relays mails should have a Static I.P Address with a reverse PTR record set. Many mail servers are configured to lookup RBLs that reject mails that originate from servers that do not have a reverse DNS record set. The reverse DNS lookup is essential for the recipient mail servers to correctly understand where the Mail originated from and the setting of reverse DNS records (PTR) record is now a standard practice followed by any server on the Internet directly relaying mails (this is mostly to prevent spam). If you want to have your own Corporate Mail Server directly relay mails to the Internet, I highly recommend getting a static I.P Address from MTNL. The Static I.P Address from MTNL costs Rs 1000/- a year (for home use) and the Static I.P Address thus provided by MTNL also has a proper PTR record in place. You can also request MTNL to change this PTR record to something professional like mail.your-company name.com or something similar if you want to. Another option you have is to use a smarthost to relay mails to the internet for you. A smart host is a dedicated Email server (mostly provided by your ISP or a third party) that has all the necessary settings in place for you to send your outgoing mails to it, and the relay host in turn will relay it to the Internet. Please also refer to these URLs:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSBL Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Senior Systems Administrator RHCT ( # 605010995430406) Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538

Sent from my iPad Saswata Banerjee On 25-Aug-2010, at 1:51 PM, Vivek Varghese Cherian <vivekcherian(a)gmail.com> wrote: Please see my earlier reply. I think the scenario is different from what my op made it look like. Please tell me what I need to do in that scenario.