I run a little mail server that hosts about 8 accounts. One of my users had their password guessed and someone in Russia used my server to send out a bunch of spam. The server wasn't compromised and the spam stopped as soon as the user's password was changed.<p>Now, however, hotmail and whatever other mail services Microsoft runs are blocking my server because it is supposedly harvesting email.<p>Back in the day, I could've sent a note to postmaster@theplaceImhavingaproblemwith.com and an admin would've helped me out. As it is, that account for hotmail is just an autoresponder that aims you at a wealth of unhelpful web text.<p>There is a form at support.live.com/eformpost.aspx that seems like it could be helpful, but when submitted, there is no indication that the form submission was successful and it's been a week since the last time I submitted it so I'm thinking it's either broken or just as unmanned as the postmaster address.<p>So, my question is, does anyone have any experience dealing with these guys or is this ip address permanently spoiled as a mail server as far as microsoft is concerned?
You might be listed in a blacklist provider such as Spamhaus. Try your server's IP and hostname at <a href="http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/</a>. If it is just an IP that's blocked, it may be quicker to get a new IP address from your hosting provider.