Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:58:08 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any delivery block to freebsd-questions list? Message-ID: <44k4vthbtr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4B4645B3.2000207@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> (Programmer In Training's message of "Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:36:03 -0600") References: <20100107201839.GA15118@albatros.sisis.de> <4B4645B3.2000207@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> writes: > On 1/7/2010 2:18 PM, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have sent some hours ago a mail to freebsd-questions >> which went out fine to the MX of my ISP (as I can see in >> /var/log/maillog) but does not show up in the list and not >> in the Archives. The Subject: was about sendmail and SMTP AUTH. >> >> I have changed the ISP today morning for outbound mail and it >> may happen that this could be the cause, even if mails to >> other recipients are working fine... >> >> Is there some kind of anti-SPAM protection for freebsd-questions >> based on the IP of the SMTP origin? To whom I could contact? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> matthias > > I too have a similar problem with my emails. They take about 30-45 > minutes to be posted to the list. According to Thunderbird the mail is > sent (at least to my mail server @ Bluehost), and the time-stamp on the > message reads as the time I sent it. Didn't think anyone else was having > this problem. Sounds like that's just graylisting. The delay will depend on how long it takes your MTA (or the smarthost you use) to retry the message. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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