From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 07:51:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 187F916A4CE; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 07:51:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [66.11.174.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DE343D58; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 07:51:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from wocker (wocker.unixathome.org [192.168.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B6FF3D28; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:51:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Dan Langille" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 10:51:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3FFD3623.28381.FCEE067B@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <3FFA7EB7.32065.F25158B9@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chello blocking FreshPorts service X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:51:17 -0000 On 6 Jan 2004 at 9:24, Dan Langille wrote: > For some months Chello has denied smtp service from the FreshPorts > mail server. All queries to Chello regarding this matter have gone > unanswered. > > $ telnet smtpgate.chello.at 25 > Trying 213.46.255.2... > Connected to smtpgate.chello.at. > Escape character is '^]'. > 421 viefep12-int.chello.at connection refused from [66.154.97.250] > Connection closed by foreign host. > > This happens for all Chello domains I have tried. This means that > Chello users are unable to use the FreshPorts notification service. > For what it's worth, this also affect the FreeBSD Diary announcement > mailing list. > > If anyone has contacts at Chello, please ask them to look into this. > All attempts to get this resolved have been blocked. > > I've heard many stories about Chello standards of service. This > situation validates everything I've heard. I have had some information from a third party. It appears that Chello are using xbl.selwerd.cx as a RBL. My research indicates that xbl.selwerd.cx should not be used as an RBL: http://mla.libertine.org/tmda-users/2002-11/msg00049.html Anyone here using xbl.selwerd.cx? -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/