On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 08:24:52AM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Kirti S. Bajwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I am getting the following message:
> >
> > Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to:
> >
> > test test (Mailbox or Conference is full.)
> >
> > after something is posted on qmail list. Are others getting the same
> > message??
>
> There are various people subscribed to the qmail mailing list or a sublist
> thereof, and whose accounts reside on horribly broken mail servers. These
> servers notice a problem like the above, and then generate a bounce --
> unfortunately, they violate RFC2821 in doing so, because they send the bounce
> to the address in the From: header (i.e., you) instead of the envelope sender
> (i.e. ezmlm on list.cr.yp.to).
>
> I suggest you do what I do:
>
> 1. After this happens the first time, send an email message to postmaster at
> the offending domain. Explain the problem, and why they should fix it.
Kirti, Charles, and the rest of the list -- I have already done this.
postmaster bounces in this case. root may also bounce, but I sent one
after adding him to badmailfrom. ;)
>
> 2. If they make good-faith efforts to resolve the problem, stop here.
See above.
>
> 3. If "postmaster@domain" bounces, or the postmaster refuses to consider the
> possibility that they are causing problems for the net at large, refuse SMTP
> connections from that host.
Problem is, it's not his SMTP, it's list.cr.yp.to -- is it worth
notifying [EMAIL PROTECTED]? (I suspect that Dan already knows...)
This is not the first time that this domain has had this problem --
postmaster has bounced for a long time...
--
Greg White
