[65514] in North American Network Operators' Group
incorrect spam setups cause spool messes on forwarders
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Mon Dec 1 13:11:20 2003
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:10:43 -0800
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
is the following a general problem, or just one i am seeing?
note 2821 says
450 Requested mail action not taken: mailbox unavailable
(e.g., mailbox busy)
550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
(e.g., mailbox not found, no access, or command rejected
for policy reasons)
randy
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: foo@psg.com
Subject: broken mail server
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:02:34 -0800
you have a .forward on psg.com pointing to foo.user@verizon.net.
like all mail accounts these days, you get spam. but the forward,
as opposed to rejecting it with a 5xx is deferring with a 450 (see
below), which is not proper. this means that the spam stays in the
queue here, which is just not reasonable.
please do one of the following:
o see that the verison server is fixed (good luck),
o set your forward to a properly working server, or
o tell me so i can kill your mail account here.
randy
2003-12-01 10:09:05 1APbBa-000Ork-DY == foo.user@verizon.net <foo@psg.com> R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<nikkiadamczyk@gerbangmail.com> SIZE=5365: host relay.verizon.net [206.46.170.12]: 450 Requested mail action not taken-Try later:sc004pub.verizon.net
