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[Paul]

On Dec 22, 2007 2:18 PM, Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 10:53:55AM -0800, Kent Paul Dolan wrote:
> > [emails bounced by workplace spam filter]
> >
> > > Any idea on where to go from here?
>
> Check your sendmail logs. Any well behaved mailer daemon should give a
> reason. That *might* be helpful.
>
> > Sure. Coordinate with your workplace site postmaster
> > and find out exactly what is triggering the spam
> > filter to reject your emails. The problem needs to
> > be solved where it happens, not here. Your "silly
> > host name" shouldn't be a problem unless it has
> > words in it that themselves are objectionable.
> > Naming your computer "sexxxx" is probably a show
> > stopper, for example.
>
> And if they have something like a DUL filter in place, and you have a
> service provider whose accounts are lumped into a DUL list. Hard to
> configure
> your way around that, short of relaying out via your service provider
> or other legit smtp server that you have access to, which probably
> would be wise in any case.


Thanks for the tips.  I noticed something else.  If I change my hostname to
something like "mycomputer.com mail gets sent instantly.  However, if I have
it set to just 'mycomputer' it takes about 30 seconds for mail to get sent.

What am I experiencing here?  Should I go get some domain name from those
freebie DYNDNS places and use that as my host name?
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