ok, so heres the problem...

i have a mail server that hosts somewhere between 40 or 50 *virtual* domains.

the server has absolutley no problems sending mail to any domains *other* than mindspring.com

now, whats weird is that earthlink.net mail is delivered without a hitch.. its the same mail server.

I have contacted the abuse department of corporate earthlink and worked with a guy there for about an hour.

the messages leave my server, but dont' arrive at mindspring, and aren't sent back to my server.

its like they just disappear to /dev/null er something.

so we have come to the conclusion that its has to be a configuration problem. but my question is; why would it work for almost a year and a half and then stop...

my server isnt being blacklisted, it can connect to mindsprings server w/ telnet, their spam software isn't blocking it.

i don't have a clue,

oh and my boss is being a major dick about it because his wife can't email her "friend" at mindspring. bfd...

Just a dumb question but have you tried sending to several addresses at mindspring, it could be that that one user is over there limit or something, also can that person at mindspring email you? If you look in the logs for qmail do you see where the messages is sent and then where the remote server says it is queud for delivery? If the remote computer accepts it and queue's it then its not your problem, and they need to look at there logs and see why their server is not accepting it.

yes, i have tried several different addresses, all to no avail. My server can recieve mail from mindspring as well, thats how I know about the problem in the first place. Apparently peeps are getting mail from people they know with mindspring accounts, they just cant reply.

their machine never sees it, but it leaves my machine. Well, sometimes it does and other times it just sits in my queue.

i should have been a fireman.