The bounce notices I get look legitimate. They typically include something like:
Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address Diagnostic code: smtp;550 <alb...@cvc.uab.es>... User unknown Mailman's smtp-failure log contains many instances of lines like this (edited, vsad...@mysite.com is the list administrator) Jan 12 20:48:44 2010 (70977) Low level smtp error: Connection unexpectedly closed, msgid: <mailman.1063.1263328366.70976.visionl...@mysite.com > Jan 12 20:48:45 2010 (70977) delivery to vsad...@mysite.com failed with code -1: Connection unexpectedly closed There are also a few like this: Jan 12 20:02:54 2010 (70977) Low level smtp error: (48, 'Address already in use'), msgid: <mailman.561.1263325634.70976.visionl...@mysite.com > Jan 12 20:02:54 2010 (70977) delivery to visionlist-ow...@mysite.com failed with code -1: (48, 'Address already in use') These log messages commenced on Jan 12 (today). -Andrew On Jan 12, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Andrew Watson wrote: >> I recently moved a list to a new host, but retained the domain name. >> After many travails, and help from this list, I got my list working. >> After about a week of function, I am suddenly getting many "Subscription >> disabled" messages (about 10% of the 4411 subscribers, so far, but still >> growing as I write). >> It is possible that these are legitimate, and these really are bad >> addresses, and that in the move of the list my bounce processing options >> changed to be more stringent. Current they are: >> >> bounce_processing=Yes >> bounce_score_threshold= 5.0 >> bounce_info_stale_after=7 >> bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings=5 >> bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings_interval=7 >> bounce_unrecognized_goes_to_list_owner=no >> bounce_notify_owner_on_disable=yes >> bounce_notify_owner_on_removal=yes >> >> But it seems likely that this is bogus, and good addresses are being >> disabled (especially if this grows to 100% of subscribers!) >> Has anyone experienced a similar problem? > > > bounce_notify_owner_on_disable=yes so you should get a notice for each > disable containing a copy of the triggering DSN. What does it say? > Does it look legitimate? > > Also, what if anything do you see in Mailman's smtp-failure log? > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
