Almost five years ago, I became unable to post questions here by e-mail. The e-mail bounces with, for example:
> The following message to <debian-user@lists.debian.org> was undeliverable. > The reason for the problem: > 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'5.1.7 <prvs=752320ad2=sk...@syrano.acb.uc.edu>: Sender address rejected: undeliverable address: host syrano.acb.uc.edu[129.137.3.161] said: 550 5.1.1 <prvs=752320ad2=sk...@syrano.acb.uc.edu>... User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO comm > > --4pO84.596/vqwKa.2j26M/gYqU.DibVXRw > content-type: message/delivery-status > > Reporting-MTA: dns; ucmailmx4.uc.edu > > Final-Recipient: rfc822;debian-user@lists.debian.org > Action: failed > Status: 5.0.0 (permanent failure) > Remote-MTA: dns; [82.195.75.100] > Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'5.1.7 <prvsu2320ad2=sk...@syrano.acb.uc.edu>: Sender address rejected: undeliverable address: host syrano.acb.uc.edu[129.137.3.161] said: 550 5.1.1 <prvsu2320ad2=sk...@syrano.acb.uc.edu>... User unknown (in re > > --4pO84.596/vqwKa.2j26M/gYqU.DibVXRw > content-type: message/rfc822 This commenced about the time my employer started prepending a bounce address validation tag ("prvs=752320ad2=" in the above example) to my e-mail address on outgoing mails. This fails with the debian lists but nowhere else. I have circumvented the problem ever since by posting via gmane.org. But now I am screwed. The e-mail address you now see (via gmane) gets >90% spam, presumably because the address is pulled by spammers from archives that include my posts. So I set up a clean, new address that I intend to use only for receiving the digest. The problem is that I have to confirm my enrollment by e-mailing debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org and that e-mail bounces because of the first problem. I can't get to the confirmation address through gmane. Any ideas on how to fix either problem? Thanks.