On Saturday 08 February 2003 08:59 pm, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:
> Hi.

Thank you for taking the time to add some clarification to this discussion.  I 
have been wondering about this for some time.

>
> > In this case, sympa cannot do the reverse lookup and
> > quietly rejects the message.
>
> Well, not exactly quietly. You did get a bounce, didn't you? The
> reason it takes 4-5 days to bounce is because your mail server
> (@adelphia.net) handles it as temporary failure and retries for some
> time before giving up (that's perfectly okay, because most times this
> error will be due to some DNS problems).

I meant quiet from the standpoint that sympa does not respond, but the isp 
finally gives up.  But yes, you are right.


> > I am also a subscriber to Adelphia PowerLink and I cannot use my
> > @adelphia.net address to send to the list.  I must use a POP3
> > account I have on my professional association.
>
> Although I am no specialist regarding this issue, I consider it a
> misconfiguration of adelphia.net DNS entries. You should probably
> report the problem to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see what they say.

You may be correct on this issue, and I might try that.


> > Another problem with Adelphia specifically is the way they route their
> > mail. He may have been allowed by sympa to subscribe, but then the smtp
> > server he was using changed because of Adelphia's load balancing,
> > rotation or network problems, which sympa does not like.
>
> Really? The mailing list should not care at all which way a mail is
> routed. I did not notice any problem when my mail routing changed last
> November.

I was speculating here, so I could easily (probably) be wrong.


> specifically who else is the culprit. If not, then I would seriously
> consider another provider, because you cannot know what else they

Not an option as they are the only broadband provider at my address :-(

Thanks again.
-- 
Greg

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