I am using Exim, and here is the corresponding error from the exim_rejecting log for this smtp-failure entry.
2006-11-12 18:33:44 H=localhost (frodo.clshost.com) [127.0.0.1] sender verify defer for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: error in redirect data: missing or malformed local part (expected word or "<") in ":blackhole" 2006-11-12 18:33:44 H=localhost (frodo.clshost.com) [127.0.0.1] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> temporarily rejected RCPT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Could not complete sender verify I have had a situation with this domain where some spammers seem to be using the domain as a return address and getting a lot of rejections for emails that we weren't sending, so I set the default address folr ascls-lists.org to :blackhole so that I wasn't getting all of the rejections. Could that be causing a problem? The [EMAIL PROTECTED] address is my main email address, and seems to work fine. I do receive email from the ascls-lists.org mailing lists on a regular basis to that address. I will look through the FAQ entries, and will also recheck the DNS configuration. Thanks, J.R. On Nov 12, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 8:43 PM -0700 11/12/06, J.R. Constance wrote: > >> I have something like 180000 lines in the failure log either with >> this 451 error or with s. Any idea what could be causing this? > > I've been using Unix and the Internet for over twenty-two years, a > professional Unix system administrator for over seventeen years, > and specializing in managing Internet e-mail systems for over > fourteen years. > > Congratulations, this is a first -- I don't recall having ever seen > this particular error message before in my life. And at this stage > in my career, I don't get too many of those. > > > This is almost certainly a problem in your local MTA, where Mailman > is unable to hand off messages to the mail server for some reason. > > What MTA are you using -- is it Exim? How is that configured? > Have you checked the MTA logs, to see what it says about this > issue? Have you checked to make sure that your DNS is configured > correctly? > > Have you checked the relevant FAQ entries regarding MTA problems > and non-delivery issues? > > Have you checked your MTA configuration to make sure that it is > turning off all anti-spam/anti-virus checks for all outbound > messages, as suggested in the FAQ? If you can't do that, can you > at least confirm that your anti-virus scanning system is working > properly? > > -- > Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trend Micro has announced that they will cancel the stop.mail- > abuse.org > mail forwarding service as of 15 November 2006. If you have an old > e-mail account for me at this domain, please make sure you correct > that > with the current address. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
