[12609] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Filter on postoffice.reston.mci.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Danny McPherson)
Wed Sep 24 14:19:37 1997
To: Kevin Houle <kevin@netins.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Danny McPherson <danny@genuity.net>
Reply-To: danny@genuity.net
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:04:00 -0700
Hmmm.. postmaster@mci.net?
-danny
> Okay, I give up. Apparently MCI has an SMTP filter either
> on the domain netins.net or on something in the 167.142.0.0/16
> network on postoffice.reston.mci.net.
>
> [167.142.225.4]$ telnet postoffice.reston.mci.net 25
> Trying 204.70.128.20...
> Connected to postoffice.reston.mci.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 postoffice.Reston.mci.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.5/8.8.5; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:2)
> HELO netins.net
> 250 postoffice.Reston.mci.net Hello kevin@worf.netins.net [167.142.225.4],
> pleased..
> MAIL FROM:<kevin@netins.net>
> 550 Access denied
> QUIT
>
> I've called the iNOC, they sent me to a 'systems group'. The systems
> group listened carefully and wrote down the error code '550 Access
> denied' before shuffling me off to the Reston office. There, I spoke
> to a very nice sales person, who searched a list of voicemail boxes
> she might forward me to.
>
> We pay MCI good money, and find ourselves unable to send mail to
> trouble@mci.net or other MCI addresses. Now I'm stuck in the MCI
> phone maze. If there was an incedent warrenting an SMTP filter,
> we'd certainly deal with it if notified. I know if that happened
> with one of our downstream customers, we'd actually contact them
> before throwing in filters.
>
> Anyone know who takes care of postoffice.reston.mci.net ?
>
> Kevin
