On Thursday 01 November 2007 15:56, GDS.Marshall wrote: > On Thu, 1 November, 2007 10:04 am, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Wednesday 31 October 2007 21:20, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > >> Kern Sibbald wrote: > >> > On Wednesday 31 October 2007 19:26, Augusto Lima wrote: > >> >> Kern > >> >> > >> >> I'm having problems sending emails to the list. For a test, i'm > >> > >> sending > >> > >> >> you a e-mail copying it to the list of bacula users. Have you seen > >> > >> this > >> > >> >> kind of error before? > >> > > >> > Source Forge is *very* strict about who can send to a list. You must > >> > comply with all the email RFCs. Typically things such as greylisting > >> > break it, not having reverse lookups, not having a postmaster account > >> > >> in > >> > >> > your domain, ... > >> > > >> > They have documented those things on their site, and if you cannot > >> > >> figure > >> > >> > it out the only solution is for you to open a trouble ticket with > >> > >> them. > >> > >> greylisting? Why should that affect who can send to the list? > >> Greylisting works on the mail receipt end, not when sending. I'm on > >> several sourceforge lists and a member of a project, and I've never had > >> any trouble. I use greylisting and a lot of other techniques to > >> eliminate the spam hitting our front door. It's very common. > >> > >> I tried to find the documentation on the sourceforge site, but could > >> not. Using google to search their site didn't help either (google > >> "greylist site:sourceforge.net"), because they host at least a half a > >> dozen different projects that implement greylisting for various mail > >> configurations. ;-) > > > > I am not sure if Source Forge explicitly discusses grey listing in their > > documentation, but strangely enough, just a few days ago, a friend of > > mine for whom my server acts as a mail relay (MX) asked me to check my > > server log > > for failure messages from Source Forge because he was having similar > > problems > > to the ones reported by Augusto. Along with the log extract, I suggested > > a > > number of things, and also mentioned that I had whitelisted the Source > > Forge > > sites in my grey lister. He did the same, and the problem went away -- > > so you figure it. > > Not sure if sourceforge do it, but if they do callout, you try send an > e-mail through their server, their server calls your e-mail server to > verify you really exist, (helo ... mail from: <> rcpt to: <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>)and > yours greylists it. Only sourceforge server does not know this, it just > sees it as a rejection and fails your e-mail.... > > I had a similar problem with one of the mail servers I manage and another > company rejecting our e-mail, once the greylist section was moved further > down, it worked, without changing any real functionality.
That is very interesting and could well be the basis of the problem. Fortunately, SF is easy to whitelist -- I just whitelisted their whole IP range (66.35.250.0/24) or if you want to be ultra conservative, only two IP addresses were critical (for me). Regards, Kern > > Spencer > > > Kern > > > >> --------------- > >> > >> Chris Hoogendyk > >> > >> - > >> O__ ---- Systems Administrator > >> c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > >> (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center > >> ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > >> > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> --------------- > >> > >> Erdös 4 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
