The machine works fine, good and fast. I’m still unable to send emails, and am still IP 188.119.192.40. The WiMax coy techno has given me the following advice which, quite frankly, I’m very reluctant to follow as I 'm not happy about adding code I don’t understand to a machine which may not have a problem…
[i]One possible thing you can try additionally is to force any attempts to send anything to 78.47.46.141 to a dummy IP address. This will only work for that address though and it may change.
This can be done by editing the file:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\HOSTS and adding the line:
127.0.0.1 78.47.46.141
to the end. The file will look a bit like this:
For example:
102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost[/i]
So where do I go from here if my machines are clean? The first IP address I was given has been clear on Spamhaus (188.119.192.56) for some time; my current IP is blocked. Apart from going back to the previous WiMax provider (who was more expensive but I was able to send!) what is your advice please?