[TriLUG] Email sending problem....

Chuck Mead csm at MoonGroup.com
Mon Sep 10 15:47:05 EDT 2001


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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney posted the following:

KTAS>Argh. I can't seem to send mail to sourceforge. Anyone know where in
KTAS>my sendmail/mutt setup I might be setting things wrong?
KTAS>
KTAS>AFAIK, the only place I can't send to is sourceforge. *sigh*
KTAS>
KTAS>   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
KTAS>ksonney at users.sourceforge.net
KTAS>
KTAS>   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
KTAS>... while talking to mail.sourceforge.net.:
KTAS>>>> DATA
KTAS><<< 550-Envelope sender verification failed
KTAS><<< 550 rejected: Cannot route to envelope sender
KTAS><alchemist at midgard.darkcanvas.com> (The envelope sender does not
KTAS>exist according to your mail server when it was asked): response
KTAS>from midgard.darkcanvas.com [66.45.6.19] after "MAIL FROM: <>"
KTAS>was "554 buildaddr: no host". This does not help fight spam
KTAS>effectively, breaks RFCs, and prevents you from getting bounces
KTAS>so we can't accept mail from you
KTAS>554 ksonney at users.sourceforge.net... Service unavailable

So now I go back and look at this again...

If you've blocked inbound mail from <> then  you are breaking the rules
and you ought to have a problem... how else would a bounce get back to
you? 

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