For unknown reasons, I got one of these tossed at me by a customer who inexplicably wants to send mail to an @att.net address

        Action: failed
        Status: 5.3.0
        Remote-MTA: dns; al-ip4-mx-vip1.prodigy.net
        Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 553 5.3.0 alph774 DNSBL:RBL 521< 74.115.114.190
_is_blocked.For assistance forward this error to abuse_...@abuse-att.net

Having seen those a half-dozen times in as many years, I pulled up my last removal request, replaced the different bits, and sent it off to the address specified by AT&T in their error message: abuse_...@abuse-att.net

A few seconds later, I get this gem:

        The original message was received at Sat, 6 May 2023 16:04:31 -0400
        from m0288871.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]

           ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
        <abuse_...@abuse-att.net>
(reason: 550 5.1.1 <abuse_...@abuse-att.net>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table)

           ----- Transcript of session follows -----
        ... while talking to [144.160.237.58]:
        >>> DATA
<<< 550 5.1.1 <abuse_...@abuse-att.net>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table
        550 5.1.1 <abuse_...@abuse-att.net>... User unknown
        <<< 421 4.7.0 zlp11043.enaf.vci.att.com Error: too many errors

        --346K4VsL001258.1683403471/m0288871.ppops.net-00191d01.
        Content-Type: message/delivery-status

        Reporting-MTA: dns; m0288871.ppops.net-00191d01.
        Received-From-MTA: DNS; m0288871.ppops.net
        Arrival-Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 16:04:31 -0400

        Final-Recipient: RFC822; abuse_...@abuse-att.net
        X-Actual-Recipient: rfc822; abuse_...@abuse-att.net
        Action: failed
        Status: 5.1.1
        Remote-MTA: DNS; [144.160.237.58]
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.1.1 <abuse_...@abuse-att.net>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table
        Last-Attempt-Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 16:04:31 -0400

That's their Proofpoint inbound filter being told by an actual AT&T machine that the address they tell people to mail does not exist.


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Bill Cole
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(AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
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