I have been having strange e-mail reliability problems today. I am a Rogers customer. I use a personal domain which is hosted in the USA. It has worked for me with only the rarest hiccoughs for between five and ten years. Today, little mail has got through. One friend has forwarded me a bounce message. It shows that the message was rejected at the hosting service's gateway as "Relay access denied." This baffles me because the whole purpose of using that hosting service is to relay all e-mail addressed to my personal domain, depending on the username, to either rogers.com, gmail.com or both. The failure is not total. Some mail is getting through. Can anyone help me to understand further what is happening. Precisely because mail to my domain is not getting through normally, please cc any replies to me at rogers at brucemiller1 at rogers.com Thanks in advance for any insights. FW: failure notice Hide Details FROM: sendername TO: myaccount [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com Message flagged Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:49:18 AMMessage body fyi -----Original Message----- From: MAILER-DAEMON [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] com [mailto:MAILER-DAEMON [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] com] Sent: November 23, 2011 10:47 AM To: sender [ at ] sender [ dot ] com Subject: failure notice Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <recipient [ at ] recipient [ dot ] com>: 69.64.89.63 does not like recipient. Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 <recipient [ at ] recipient [ dot ] com>: Relay access denied Giving up on 69.64.89.63. --- Below this line is a copy of the message. 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But for those occasions when it does not work as it should --- which should be very rare --- here is my direct rogers.com account: myaccount [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com Please try to use this as infrequently as possible. -- recipient, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada recipient [ at ] recipient [ dot ] com; (613) 745-1151 In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. attributed to Thomas Pickering, retired US diplomat, born 1931 ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01CCA9CD.3D8AFB10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PersonName"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rec. and tucked = away.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font = size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=3D2 width=3D"100%" align=3Dcenter tabindex=3D-1> </span></font></div> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font = size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> recipient [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">recipient [ at ] recipient [ dot ] com</st1:PersonName>] = <br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> November 23, 2011 = 10:20 AM<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> sendername<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> = myaccount [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> E-mail address = to keep "a cool, dry place"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>As = I just explained on the phone, I rely heavily on my "<st1:PersonName = w:st=3D"on">recipient [ at ] recipient [ dot ] com</st1:PersonName>" address. But for those occasions when it does not work as it should --- = which should be very rare --- here is my direct rogers.com = account:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p= > </div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>myaccount [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com<o:p></o:p>= </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p= > </div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Please try to use this as infrequently as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p= > </div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>--<br> recipient, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City = w:st=3D"on">Ottawa</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Ontario</st1:State>, <st1:country-region = w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><br> <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">recipient [ at ] recipient [ dot ] com</st1:PersonName>; (613) = 745-1151<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the = known.<br> attributed to Thomas Pickering, retired <st1:country-region = w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> diplomat, born = 1931<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01CCA9CD.3D8AFB10-- -- Bruce Miller, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bruce [ at ] brmiller [ dot ] ca; (613) 745-1151 In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. attributed to Thomas Pickering, retired US diplomat, born 1931