Re: SMTP easy as ABC.....not!!!



1. missing reverse dns information
2. firewall blocking full DNS information on MX lookups
3. smarthost not allowing routing
4. if dns based delivery isn't working, then you have a DNS problem that
needs to be resolved.

"wordsworth" <jaywordsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1126772344.898690.182500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am getting smtp mail failures with the following error:
> There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email
> server. Please contact your system administrator.
> <****server.********.local #5.5.0 smtp;550 authentication
> required>
> It appears to be random failures. I am smarthosting because using DNS
> just causes mail to sit in queues and go nowhere. The failures mainly
> appear to be in the domain (the domain is over 3 sites)and to
> yahoo.co.uk and aol addresses. Any ideas? feel free to ask questions.
> Help would be greatly appreciated.
>


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