Re: [mailop] 5.7.1 bounce codes

2017-12-12 Thread Bill Cole
On 11 Dec 2017, at 10:41 (-0500), Alexander Burch wrote: 5.7.1 codes are used exclusively for policy blocks (IP blacklisted, content deemed spammy etc). Gmail uses it for DMARC rejections. Hotmail also uses 5.7.1 when an IP is outright blocked. This type of bounce confuses me a little. It ce

Re: [mailop] 5.7.1 bounce codes

2017-12-12 Thread David Hofstee
Analyze the Diagnostic-Code text first, that is for sure. You can expect anywhere between 1000 and 2000 regex rules to get to 99%+ effectiveness. (E)Smtp codes are bad for primary bounce handling rules, they work fine as a backup. I would state N is 3 or 4. But I would not remove the recipient fro

Re: [mailop] 5.7.1 bounce codes

2017-12-11 Thread Al Iverson
If you use a counter-based bounce processing system that eventually invalidates repeatedly 5xx bouncing recipients, I wouldn't exclude 5.7.1 response codes from that process. If your sending client isn't actively addressing the issue and working with you to get the block removed, then continuing to

Re: [mailop] 5.7.1 bounce codes

2017-12-11 Thread Maarten Oelering
I would not say exclusively. Code 5.7.1 is also used for “Relay access denied” for example. This bounce is often caused by typo domains that end up at a default MX. From my experience, it is better to match a bounce category first on the text, and then on the status code. For the actions, I agr

[mailop] 5.7.1 bounce codes

2017-12-11 Thread Alexander Burch
5.7.1 codes are used exclusively for policy blocks (IP blacklisted, content deemed spammy etc). Gmail uses it for DMARC rejections. Hotmail also uses 5.7.1 when an IP is outright blocked. This type of bounce confuses me a little. It certainly shouldn't be used to mark the recipient as invalid, a