yOn Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 'K, this doesn't make sense ... is [EMAIL PROTECTED] a valid > > recipient? *puzzled look* > > > In: MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=2629 > > Out: 250 Ok > > In: RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Out: 450 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sender address rejected: > > unverified sender address: host mail.postgresql.org[64.49.215.8] > > said: 450 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: User unknown in local > > recipient > > table (in reply to RCPT TO command) > > Reading between the lines of the error message, it looks to me like > meiway.com's mail server is programmed to take the MAIL FROM address, > connect back to the sending server, and see if it can RCPT TO that > address before it will accept the incoming mail. > > I have zero sympathy for that approach, but won't waste our list > bandwidth on exactly why it's a brain-dead sociopathic antispam > technique. > > What seems odd is that it didn't work. Shouldn't postgresql.org > have accepted [EMAIL PROTECTED] as an incoming > mail address?
Hrmmmm: venus# telnet mail.postgresql.org smtp Trying 64.49.215.8... Connected to mail.postgresql.org. Escape character is '^]'. 220 postgresql.org ESMTP Postfix (2.0.2) vrfy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 252 [EMAIL PROTECTED] should have worked ... I know I was having problems with the use of the + in the email address, that I just fixed .. maybe this was just before that fix/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
