And so it begins...

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, here's a new twist on the blacklist/whitelist concept.

 

I just sent an email to someone.  It didn't get through because the
recipient's ISP blocked it.  Why?  Because it didn't recognize me as an
ISP.  That is, this service no longer accepts mail from "end user"
accounts, which pretty much includes anybody running their own SMTP
server over a DSL line.  They give you a number of options, including
rerouting your mail through your ISP, or getting your ISP to change the
PTR record for your DSL address.  Otherwise, the user has to turn off
spam filtering.  As far as I can tell, this is purely a blacklist
approach, with no ability to whitelist a domain.  So any small business
running their own SMTP server over a DSL line is subject to this kind of
blacklisting.

 

Is this a sign of things to come?

 

Joe

 

More info: http://www.korax.net/info/mail_reject.phtml