Re: ezmlm warning

[Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 at 00:29, Timur Tabi <timur.tabi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I get a message list this every couple months or so.  I know that's
> not frequent, but they always say the same thing:
>
> <timur.tabi@gmail.com>:
> User and password not set, continuing without authentication.
> <timur.tabi@gmail.com> 74.125.197.26 failed after I sent the message.
>
> Is it possible that gcc-help is trying to forward a spam or virus
> email, and then blaming me when my server (gmail.com) rejects it?

Yes, that's usually what happened. In this case, definitely.

If you follow the instructions in the mail to get an index you'll see
that 62761 is this mail:
gcc dot gnu dot org/ml/gcc-help/2018-11/msg00012.html
Subject: New Order
From: support at backtoofyourenterprise dot com
You probably don't want to click on the attachment!



>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: <gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 4:26 PM
> Subject: ezmlm warning
> To: <timur.tabi@gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the
> gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org mailing list.
>
>
> Messages to you from the gcc-help 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-help mailing list,
> without further notice.
>
>
> I've kept a list of which messages from the gcc-help 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-help-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-help-index@gcc.gnu.org>
>
> Here are the message numbers:
>
>    62761
>
> --- Enclosed is a copy of the bounce message I received.
>
> Return-Path: <>
> Received: (qmail 118010 invoked for bounce); 8 Nov 2018 00:26:56 -0000
> Date: 8 Nov 2018 00:26:56 -0000
> From: MAILER-DAEMON@sourceware.org
> To: gcc-help-return-62761-@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.
>
> <timur.tabi@gmail.com>:
> User and password not set, continuing without authentication.
> <timur.tabi@gmail.com> 74.125.197.26 failed after I sent the message.
> Remote host said: 552-5.7.0 This message was blocked because its
> content presents a potential
> 552-5.7.0 security issue. Please visit
> 552-5.7.0  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BlockedMessage to review our
> 552 5.7.0 message content and attachment content guidelines.
> k8-v6si39184679pgj.192 - gsmtp