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Originally Posted by cliveb
There is a very good reason why mail sent direct from a dynamic IP can't be trusted. Although at the moment, that dynamic IP happens to belong to you, and you can be trusted, tomorrow that IP might be handed out to someone else who is running an open relay. (I know IP addresses in NTL tend to stick around, but they *can* change - mine did a couple of weeks ago after a hardware "upgrade" at NTL's end).
I agree with you that NTL's SMTP servers can't be trusted (nor can their POP3 servers for that matter), so the only real solution is to buy email services from a reliable third party. I happen to use UK Web Solutions Direct, who have been very reliable (20 quid a year for POP3, SMTP, webmail, and 100MB of web space), but I'm sure there are plenty of other suitable providers.
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Hi m8
The trouble is that even if you go with a static ip with someone like pipex they dont offer reverse dns. All these Isp's are simply performing a reverse lookup and rejecting the mail.
On the subject of using a third party mail server I need to know that there mail server is secure and supports encrypted mail passthrough. Not many do !!!
I know that the ip can and does change, I was simply trying to speak for caring genuine users and small business's that have this as there only option.
Cheers m8 and have a great crimbo !!!