[55497] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Blocked by msn.com MX, contact for MSN.COM postmaster ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Segal)
Wed Jan 29 17:53:59 2003
From: Mark Segal <MSegal@FUTUREWAY.CA>
To: "'Mark E. Mallett'" <mem@mv.mv.com>,
Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:47:51 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Have you tried abuse@msn.com.. maybe abuse@hotmail.com (they could forward
you).. They are quite responsive (hotmail, abuse), at least from a hotmail
address :).
mark
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Mark Segal
Director, Data Services
Futureway Communications Inc.
Tel: (905)326-1570
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark E. Mallett [mailto:mem@mv.mv.com]
> Sent: January 29, 2003 5:44 PM
> To: Miquel van Smoorenburg
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Blocked by msn.com MX, contact for MSN.COM postmaster ?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 11:49:16AM +0000, Miquel van
> Smoorenburg wrote:
> >
> > I found out that our outgoing SMTP servers have been blocked by the
> > msn.com MXes. In a nasty way, too -- no SMTP error, the TCP
> connection
> > is simply closed by them immidiately after establishing it.
> We're not
> > listed on any RBL/DNSBL and have an active abuse desk.
> >
> > I mailed postmaster@msn.com, msnhst@msn.com, noc@microsoft.com, but
> > didn't get a reply from any of them. Does anyone here know
> who to talk
> > to ?
>
> I'd be interested in knowing what you find out. We observed
> the same thing a while ago from one of our mail servers-- but
> just one. Connection drops immediately, no clue given as to
> why. However, from another mail server just a few IP numbers
> away (in the same /24), the connection goes through just
> fine. The workaround was obviously to configure the first
> mail server to relay mail for msn.com via the second one, and
> to try to get Microsoft to tell us what was up. No luck on
> that last front though.
>
> -mm-
>
