I need to be flogged! I reinstalled the server and still received errors. Then I actually read the responses from sourceforge in detail and realized there was second error. Apparently I forgot to configure the postmaster address. They are so strict about their RFC's ;)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stig Østvang Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Re: Error sending mail to Sourceforge To me it looks like the Sourceforge list is complaining that his mailserver= =20 doesn't accept nullsender addresses (which there was a discussion about a=20 year ago to block nullsender to fight spam, and the consensus was that it=20 doesn't help much, breaks RFC and prevent bounces, just like the=20 Sourceforge server complains about). He said he had tried=20 "AllowNullSender"[TAB]"1"[NEWLINE], and it hadn't helped. So Stephen, are you sure you had the syntax correct, with a real TAB and a= =20 newline. Could also try to restart the server afterwards (unless you had=20 stopped the server before you edited the file)? Stig At 08:56 09.08.2003 -0700, you wrote: >Yeah it looks to me like you are getting a failure when you are trying t >send to the sourceforge mail list. It looks like their mail server is >configured to NOT allow null senders, so you'll need to include your from >email address. That's a setting in your MUA (the mail client program that >you're using to write the email). > >-Seth > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Arends >Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 5:09 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [xmail] Re: Error sending mail to Sourceforge > > > >What they are complaining about is the "MAIL FROM: <>". >Perhaps you include your address in there. > >This error : "501 Syntax error in return path" corresponds with null from >address. >And also "and prevents you from getting bounces" indicates the same. > >Rob :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Wilson > > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:20 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org > > Subject: [xmail] Error sending mail to Sourceforge > > > > > > > > The following is an error I received from Sourceforge's mailing list > > service. It would appear they do not like my configuration. I'm a little > > confused as to how they are attempting to verify the sender. Also what > > corrections do I need to make to be able to avoid this error? > > > > I have checked the mailing list archive. The following post is the only > > solution I found. It however does not work for me. > > > > -Snip- > > # From: S=F6nke Ruempler > > # Subject: [xmail] Re: sourceforge bounce > > # Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 03:55:02 -0700 > > > > they send an empty MAIL FROM - so there is no return path and that IS > > invalid !!! > > > > if you want to accept the mail anyway, set the server.tab var right: > > > > "AllowNullSender"\t"1"\n > > > > -Snippy- Error From Source Forge > > > > [<00>] XMail bounce: > >= [EMAIL PROTECTED];Error=3D[550-Envelo= pe > > sender verification failed > > 550 rejected: Cannot route to envelope sender <Email Address Omitted>= (The > > envelope sender does not exist according to your mail server when it was > > asked): response from Host Omitted [IP Omitted] after "MAIL FROM: <>"= was > > "501 Syntax error in return path". This does not help fight spam > > effectively, breaks RFCs, and prevents you from getting bounces > > so we can't > > accept mail from you] > > > > I am running: > > Windows 2000 server SP3 > > Xmail v1.15 > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
