[lug] SMTP delivery: No route to host

[Moon Lee]

Justin,

 From the rwhois record for your IP, it looks like your dial-up ISP is  
WebConnects. I wasn't able to verify this policy on their support page,  
but if they are like most dial-up ISPs out there, they block outgoing  
SMTP to any host other than their own relay as a matter of policy.

This is the case, for example, with dial-up ISPs such as  
Earthlink/Mindspring and ATT Worldnet. The most oft cited rationale for  
this policy by providers is that it is a spam prevention measure -- it  
prevents the use of open-relays by dial-up bulk e-mailers.

I found some discussion threads related to this topic (google terms:  
isp smtp outgoing blocked), there are undoubtedly more:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,4572152~root=speakeasy~mode=flat
https://panel.dreamhost.com/kbase/index.cgi/ 
NSIDT_ZaBB70DRhGS0UKpbhuDp6T9CqQX4MYFQ4WRbGhg_001195801?area=1623
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:OiuSaGuaa58C:www.dhs.org/ 
pipermail/dhs-discuss/2001-July/ 
002110.html+isp+smtp+outgoing+blocked&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

I would recommend contacting your ISP to see if there is any recourse  
to the policy if it is in effect.

-Moon

On Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 04:31 PM, Justin-lists wrote:

>
>
> --
> glow at jackmoves.com
>
>
> I'm on dialup at home (unfortunately) and I use my own nameservers  
> which are
> given to the box via dhcp on the firewall machine.
>
> Justin
>
>> Check your /etc/resolv.conf for a domain entry.
>> example:
>> domain attbi.com
>>
>> Cheers!
>> - --
>> Warren Sanders
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