On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 09:34 +0100, Gbenga Shobowale wrote: > On 3/12/06, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am So, den 12.03.2006 schrieb Gbenga Shobowale um 19:30: > > > > > Thanks..however, I still get the same error..maybe I am doing something > > > wrong.... > > > > Please do not top-post. > > > > Increase the log level of Sendmail to see more of the communication in > > maillog. Did you set the smart host in sendmail.mc or do you use a > > mailertable entry? The host in > > > > define(`SMART_HOST',`foo.bar.tld')dnl > > > > must exactly match the server name you use with AuthInfo. > > > > Are you sure you are using the proper AUTH data? "M:mechanism" defines > > the mechanism to use. This can be for instance PLAIN or DIGEST-MD5. > > Which mechanism you can use depends on what the relay host offers. > I did not add the machanism...I will do that now...however, it is > plain as i did a telnet below: > > Trying 72.34.45.113... > > Connected to mail.cobranet.org (72.34.45.113). > > Escape character is '^]'. > > 220-manila.elinuxservers.com ESMTP Exim 4.52 #1 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:26:54+0000 > > 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited, > > 220 and/or bulk e-mail. helo mail.cobranet.org > > 250 manila.elinuxservers.com Hello mail.cobranet.org [80.89.179.128] > > ehlo > > 250-manila.elinuxservers.com Hello [80.89.179.128] Somebody using your IP address [80.89.179.128] appears to have been sending Advanced Fee Fraud emails, and thus the IP address got listed in the Spamhaus Block List. http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL32972 You should get your ISP to talk to Spamhaus, tell them what they did to prevent this from happening, and ask them to remove the listing. Paul.