[Gllug] Mail error

[Alain Williams]

On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 08:34:24PM +0100, Dylan wrote:
> On Thursday 01 Sep 2005 20:46, Alain Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 08:43:04PM +0100, Dylan wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I've recently started running a mailing list and keep getting the
> > > following from one member:
> > >
> > > Final-Recipient: rfc822;member at my.list
> > > Action: failed
> > > Status: 5.1.1
> > >
> > > Useful! Basic question is whether this is an invalid address or
> > > what?
> >
> > my.list is not a valid domain ... what is the address that you are
> > trying to mail to ? I assume that it is not that.
> 
> Right, in view of the responses: member at my.list is a "place holder" and 
> I am not prepared to reveal the real email address. Perhaps the fake 
> address should be more enlightening though. person at some.isp.com would 
> be more suitable. 
> 
> Basically, when the list sends a mail, person at some.isp.com responds with 
> an error. IT  DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE EXACT DESTINATION ADDRESS IS and 
> I am absolutely not prepared to reveal the details of the target email 
> address. 

OK, you have answered the first part of my question 'member at my.list' is indeed
a valid email address; that is all that you needed to say.

You forget the other part of my question:

	Please let us know where the above error message is coming from.

Ie which bit of software, where, ... is generating that message ? The machine
that is sending the email, or the machine on which the member at my.list mail
would end up ?

Since, it appears, that the error is generated by machines in your own network
you should be able to look at the error/... logs on the machine that is
doing the bounce.

-- 
Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
+44 (0) 787 668 0256  http://www.phcomp.co.uk/

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