Magnus Bodin wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:27:19PM -0400, Dale Miracle wrote:
> > I have one person that is inconsistently getting the following error
> > when trying to send mail.
> >
> > mail server responded
> > 4.7.1 please try again later
> > please verfy that your email address is correct
> > in your mail perferences and try again
>
> Is it really _your_ qmail server that gives this status code? If so - some
> patches must have been applied to vanilla qmail 1.03 as this code is not included
> in the original distribution.
>
> And how is she getting this error? With a bounce or as a status code when
> sending via SMTP?
>
> According to RFC1893 <http://rfc1893.x42.com/> status code (#4.7.1) means
> a combination of the following paragraphs, i.e.
> "Persistent Transient Failure; Delivery not authorized, message refused".
>
> 4.X.X Persistent Transient Failure
> A persistent transient failure is one in which the message as
> sent is valid, but some temporary event prevents the successful
> sending of the message. Sending in the future may be successful.
>
> X.7.1 Delivery not authorized, message refused
> The sender is not authorized to send to the destination.
> This can be the result of per-host or per-recipient
> filtering. This memo does not discuss the merits of any
> such filtering, but provides a mechanism to report such.
> This is useful only as a permanent error.
>
> /magnus
>
> --
> http://x42.com/
Well since I haven't personally seen it and went on what the user said
he is getting I would say it is either his e-mail program or something
connection wise between him and my server.
I couldn't find any error like this in my logs. Tcpserver grants access
to him but some interaction between his netscape comm. mail program and
the smtp daemon don't agree sometime. I have quite a few people using
the mail server in this roaming mode and he is the only person that is
getting this. I use netscape daily and have been since the .8 versions
and never seen this error on my server or any one else's.
According to the above description of the error you sent I should see a
message being rejected by qmail. I have compared the time/date when
this happens to my logs and I see tcpserver make a connection, I see his
ip in my tcp relay list. When I look at maillog for that date and time
there is nothing there...no message was processed at all.
>From what he described the message isn't a relayed message but a dialog
box in netscape. When I asked him to forward me a copy of the message
he said it can't be forwarded it is a small box that pops up.
I sent him a message to keep me informed.
Thanks for the reply,
Dale
