* Martin Gregorie wrote :
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:55:05 +1000, Troy Piggins wrote:
>
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>> This has been happening for a few months now. I can only assume that
>> bigpond is blocking my IP address range, probably in some misguided
>> attempt to stop spam.
>
> Does this happen every time you send mail to a particular address?

Not just a particular address. Every time I send mail to anyone
at bigpond.net.au - my parents, my aunty, and several friends.
Bigpond is probably the largest ISP in Australia.

> Does the mail eventually (after an hour or two) get delivered?

No. My server keeps trying, then eventually I'll get a failed
notice.

>> Is there any way for me to adjust postfix settings so it doesn't
>> timeout? Or is this a setting at their end and I can't do anything
>> about it?
>
> Is your configured timeout particularly short?

I haven't configured it, so it's just the default I guess.
Ubuntu distro. Is smtp_connect_timeout the relevant one?
Default is 30s. Or is it one of the smtp_data_... ones?
So many timeouts, sorry.

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Troy Piggins