[alan@SPRI.Levels.UniSA.Edu.Au: [postmaster@sourceware] qmail setup problem for binutils list]

[Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>]

Alan has been seeing this problem for a couple of weeks.  Is it possible
that his theory is correct?

cgf

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From: Alan Modra <alan@SPRI.Levels.UniSA.Edu.Au>
To: postmaster@sourceware.cygnus.com
cc: alan@linuxcare.com.au
Subject: [postmaster@sourceware] qmail setup problem for binutils list
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:47:27 +0930 (CST)
Reply-To: alan@linuxcare.com.au

There appears to be a problem with the way qmail is deciding whether mail
is coming from known spammers.  My last few posts from my normal
linuxcare address have been blocked with:

> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sourceware.cygnus.com.
> 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.
> 
> <binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com:
>   
>   In an effort to cut down on our spam intake we block email from
>   certain lists and unfortunately you have just discovered the hard
>   way that sometimes non-spam mail gets caught accidentally.
>   In most cases you can clear this up by an upgrade to your mail
>   server or sometimes by getting an erroneous listing removed.
>   For more information about our use of these lists, see
>         http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#rbls
>  
>   The IP number that I'm denying mail from is 203.29.91.49
>   The list that you're on is ORBS.  See:
>       http://www.orbs.org/verify.cgi?address=203.29.91.49
>   for more information about this list and why you are on it.

Looking at the above http address says 203.29.91.49 is OK?!  (I'd be
very surprised if linuxcare.com.au was either an open relay or blocking
ORBS probes - and such a situation would be rectified very quickly.)
Is qmail blocking mail if it can't access ORBS for some reason?

Regards, Alan Modra

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