Re: ezmlm warning

[Perry Wagle <wagle@mac.com>]

Just thought it was .. odd .. to threaten me because my mail server was rejecting spam?



> On Mar 22, 2019, at 4:58 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 23:55, Perry Wagle <wagle@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello human!
>> 
>> Whats the deal with these every couple weeks:?
> 
> It means your email provider (specifically, the mail server for
> mac.com) rejected an email from the gcc-help mailing list, because it
> violated the mail server's policies (see the last line, which shows
> the error that the gcc.gnu.org mail server got from the mac.com mail
> server).
> 
> That usually happens because somebody sent spam to the gcc list, which
> got forwarded to every subscriber, but your mail provider flagged it
> as spam and refused to accept it. The gcc.gnu.org mail server sends
> you the notification that it tried and failed to deliver a message to
> you.
> 
> 
>> 
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> 
>>> From: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
>>> Subject: ezmlm warning
>>> Date: March 22, 2019 at 3:08:38 PM PDT
>>> To: wagle@mac.com
>>> 
>>> Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the
>>> gcc@gcc.gnu.org mailing list.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Messages to you from the gcc mailing list seem to
>>> have been bouncing. I've attached a copy of the first bounce
>>> message I received.
>>> 
>>> If this message bounces too, I will send you a probe. If the probe bounces,
>>> I will remove your address from the gcc mailing list,
>>> without further notice.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I've kept a list of which messages from the gcc mailing list have
>>> bounced from your address.
>>> 
>>> Copies of these messages may be in the archive.
>>> To retrieve a set of messages 123-145 (a maximum of 100 per request),
>>> send an empty message to:
>>>  <gcc-get.123_145@gcc.gnu.org>
>>> 
>>> To receive a subject and author list for the last 100 or so messages,
>>> send an empty message to:
>>>  <gcc-index@gcc.gnu.org>
>>> 
>>> Here are the message numbers:
>>> 
>>>  198455
>>>  198498
>>>  198522
>>> 
>>> --- Enclosed is a copy of the bounce message I received.
>>> 
>>> Return-Path: <>
>>> Received: (qmail 73377 invoked for bounce); 10 Mar 2019 22:58:31 -0000
>>> Date: 10 Mar 2019 22:58:31 -0000
>>> From: MAILER-DAEMON@sourceware.org
>>> To: gcc-return-198455-@gcc.gnu.org
>>> Subject: failure notice
>>> 
>>> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sourceware.org.
>>> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
>>> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
>>> 
>>> <wagle@mac.com>:
>>> User and password not set, continuing without authentication.
>>> <wagle@mac.com> 17.172.34.64 failed after I sent the message.
>>> Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 [CS01] Message rejected due to local policy. Please visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204137
>>> 
>>