[Milsurplus] qth.net/earthlink info.

[KD7JYK DM09]

Below is my recent communication with a QTH.net admin and his response.  I
thought someone was messing with my settings, turns out qth.net was
unsubscribing me because earthlink was bouncing messages back to them.
Interestingly, while you got nothing, I got all the tests today.  You had an
issue, I didn't.  Odd.  Info below.

Kurt

Hi Kurt.  It isn't a setting problem.  It's that Earthlink is currently
blocking ALL mail coming from the QSL.net / QTH.net server.


They have a process where we can ask them to unblock us, and we have used
this system 3 times so far.  Each time, we get an automated response telling
us they are not blocking us, but they are... our logs are very clear on
this.


Here are some log entries from within the last 10 minutes here.  Notice how
they are blocking us?


Dec  8 08:53:04 harry postfix/smtp[10787]: 6C91F149B365:
to=<rhmoses at earthlink.net>, relay=mx3.earthlink.net[209.86.93.228]:25,
delay=0.23, delays=0.05/0/0.14/0.03, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host
mx3.earthlink.net[209.86.93.228] said: 550 IP 69.16.227.189 is blocked by
EarthLink. Go to earthlink.net/block for details. (in reply to MAIL FROM
command))


Dec  8 08:53:10 harry postfix/smtp[10841]: 9BF65149B2A0:
to=<kd7jyk at earthlink.net>, relay=mx4.earthlink.net[209.86.93.229]:25,
delay=1.8, delays=0.1/1.6/0.14/0.03, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host
mx4.earthlink.net[209.86.93.229] said: 550 IP 69.16.227.189 is blocked by
EarthLink. Go to earthlink.net/block for details. (in reply to MAIL FROM
command))


Dec  8 08:53:10 harry postfix/smtp[10893]: B5361149B30D:
to=<nv7xx at earthlink.net>, relay=mx4.earthlink.net[209.86.93.229]:25,
delay=3.1, delays=0.09/2.9/0.14/0.03, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host
mx4.earthlink.net[209.86.93.229] said: 550 IP 69.16.227.189 is blocked by
EarthLink. Go to earthlink.net/block for details. (in reply to MAIL FROM
command))


Dec  8 08:55:44 harry postfix/smtp[10919]: 5C005149B125:
to=<kd7jyk at earthlink.net>, relay=mx1.earthlink.net[209.86.93.226]:25,
delay=0.27, delays=0.08/0.01/0.15/0.03, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host
mx1.earthlink.net[209.86.93.226] said: 550 IP 69.16.227.189 is blocked by
EarthLink. Go to earthlink.net/block for details. (in reply to MAIL FROM
command))


I would recommend that anyone using Earthlink highly consider moving to a
different email provider, as it appears they do not know what they are
doing, and they apparently have no humans that work there that we can
interact with.


- Scott KA9FOX


On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Mantis Bug Tracker <ka9fox at qsl.net> wrote:

  Request submitted by Kurt Rudolph KD7JYK (kd7jyk at earthlink.net)
  on Tuesday, December 08, 2015 at 12:28AM EST
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  Callsign: KD7JYK
  FullName: Kurt Rudolph
  email: kd7jyk at earthlink.net
  QTH: Dayton, Nevada
  comments: Myself and several friends are using the qth.net e-mail
  lists.  Within the past week several of us stopped receiving
  messages.  Several reported that their settings had been
  changed globally to not receive messages.  I checked a few
  groups and random and found that my setting as well,
  globally, had been changed to not receive messages.
  Thinking back, I hear dozens of complaints from members
  using the qth.net system for this same setting change each
  year.  What admin that has access to all members and all
  groups changes these at random and why?
  AUP-Signature: Kurt Rudolph
  BestRegards: 73
  yt0: Submit Your Request
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