[OFFICIAL] Re: GZG Email?

>In message <3B16F826.3C321484@pacbell.net>, thwaak writes:
>> >
>> > Did Jon Tuffley ever get his email situation straightened out? I
noticed
>> > that Paul Owens' page (http://www.gtns.net/gzg/index.html) still
links to
>> > jon@gzg.com, which seems to be a dead address.
>>
>> Don't know about that....every time I try to send him an e-mail it
gets
>> rejected. Some error message about being spam from the server, and
that  my
>> own server has been notified that I am sending spam.
>
>Probably not you personally, but your ISP may have an open relay-- a
>mail server which accepts e-mail from people not associated with the
>ISP who are sending e-mail to other people not associated with the
>ISP.  This is often used to send massive amounts of spam-- I'm
>surprised your ISP hasn't done anything about it.  It can take a mail
>server down pretty easily.  There are a few organizations that keep
>track of such open relays and place them in published Blacklists that
>other mail servers can refuse mail from.  Blacklists such as Jon's ISP
>are using are a pain in the ass for everyone involved, but it's really
>the only decent solution against spam so far.	(Your ISP can typically
>get removed from the blacklist by fixing their broken server and
>demonstrating to the blacklist publisher that it is fixed)

I've just had a reply from my ISP saying that they think the problem is
now
fixed and the blocks removed - can anyone who's had trouble getting
through
to me please try again, and we'll see if it works now?

Thanks,

Jon (GZG)