[ale] AT&T blocked

[Paul Cartwright]

On Wed February 18 2009, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> >     host scc-mailrelay.att.net [204.127.208.75]: 521-72.52.240.41 blocked
> > by sbc:blacklist.mailrelay.att.net.
> >     521 DNSRBL: Blocked for abuse. See http://att.net/blocks
> >
> > I just had this same problem in early January, 01/08/2009.. this is
> > getting old. Is it me, or AMS?? I know, that message was from my ISP
> > atnex account..
>
> 72.52.240.41 will be blocked by all sensible email admins (google
> excluded as they accept pretty much anything and shove it into spam).
> The problem with 72.52.240.41 is that it has a PTR for a host that
> doesn't have an A record.
>
> ~$ host 72.52.240.4
> 4.240.52.72.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer host.wholesalechandeliers.com.
> ~$ host host.wholesalechandeliers.com
> Host host.wholesalechandeliers.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

so, this is an AMS issue. Do I need to push back on them to get this resolved? 
Or do I just move providers to someplace that is a little more secure?

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Paul Cartwright
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