[BlueOnyx:17190] Re: TalkTalk bounce

Colin Jack colin at mainline.uk
Wed Mar 4 16:32:48 -05 2015


Hi Chris

On 04/03/2015 18:17, "Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet"
<cobaltfacts at virtbiz.com> wrote:

>
>On 3/4/2015 9:31 AM, Colin Jack wrote:
>> We are seeing mail sent from one of our relay servers to TalkTalk email
>>addresses bouncing off their mail servers:
>>
>> "554 Your access to this mail system has been rejected due to the
>>sending MTA's poor reputation."
>
>This wouldn't, by chance, be a Barracuda system that is throwing the
>error?    I've never been impressed with those devices, but it appears
>they are especially inept at identifying the actual relay instead of the
>origination point...
>
>Unfortunately I don't have any great advice to help you fix something
>that is broken on the receiver's side.   My take would be to pass the
>obvious error to them, and let their service provider sort it.  After
>all, it's their service provider's problem.  The trouble isn't with your
>box.  (My guess is you're just easier to reach!)
>--

Not sure - TalkTalk are a big ISP (and the net is full of complaints
regarding this stupid behaviour from their servers) but could be they are
using something along the lines of Barracuda.

Colin





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