ATTN: Kevin Kinsey -- your mail server still refuses our mails

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Martin Kotulla wrote:

> (Sorry for posting this to the list. It's the only way to reach Kevin 
> Kinsey)
>

Well, maybe.

> Kevin:
>
> Unfortunately, we still can't send mail to you because it still bounces.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin Kotulla
> SoftMaker Software GmbH


Hopefully someone can help with this.  I've explicity asked
the server to allow your host(s).  If I had not added the
following rules, I wouldn't have asked again, honestly!

#more /etc/hosts | grep de
sendmail : 213.198.55.73 : allow # softmaker.de (verio.de)
sendmail : 213.198.55.74 : allow # (verio.de)
sendmail : gmx.de : allow
sendmail : softmaker.de : allow
sendmail : info at softmaker.de : allow
sendmail : martin-k at softmaker.de : allow
sendmail :  213.165.64.100 : allow # gmx.de  ELLI SCHULZ, MARTIN KOTULLA....

There are statements in the above file that block most of
213.x.x.x, but they are *below* the lines above.

Unless the ACL is parsed "bottom up" instead of "top down",
I don't understand why this is still happening.  However, you're
quite right in saying it is.

#grep verio.de /var/log/maillog
Dec 16 08:31:19 ezekiel sm-mta[33149]: hBGEVJUo033149: tcpwrappers 
(mail08b.verio.de, 213.198.55.74) rejection

Anybody know why Martin can't talk to my server?

KDK