Re: Why was this rejected?

[Mark <ad...@as...>]

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Lennon - Orcon=20
  To: sid...@li...=20
  Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:46 AM
  Subject: Why was this rejected?


  Hi there..

  Can someone tell me why SPF rejected this email? its coming from =
11thnext.com with the right ip address and the SPF record says mx1 is =
allowed..


  Oct 17 19:27:43 smtp2 sm-mta[10625]: i9H6ReKD010625: =
from=3D<Mar...@11...>, size=3D2531, class=3D0, nrcpts=3D1, =
msgid=3D2...@sm..., proto=3DSMTP, =
daemon=3Ddbmail-smtp2, relay=3Dmx1.11thnext.com [204.9.23.82]
  Oct 17 19:27:43 smtp2 sm-mta[10625]: i9H6ReKD010625: Milter insert =
(1): header: Authentication-Results: smtp2.xxx.xxx.xx; sender-id=3Dfail =
(NotPermitted); spf=3Dfail (NotPermitted)
  Oct 17 19:27:43 smtp2 sm-mta[10625]: i9H6ReKD010625: Milter: data, =
reject=3D554 5.7.1 Command rejected
  Oct 17 19:27:43 smtp2 sm-mta[10625]: i9H6ReKD010625: =
to=3D<gr...@ma...>, delay=3D00:00:01, pri=3D32531, =
stat=3DCommand rejected

  a lookup of the domain gives..

  text =3D "v=3Dspf1 a mx ptr  a:mx1 a:mx2 a:mx3 a:mx4 a:mx5 a:mx6 a:mx7 =
a:mx8 a:mx9 a:mx10 -all"

  SPF query should pass.

  But you are not receiving a 550 response code, but "554 5.7.1 "Command =
rejected". Typically, in sendmail, caused by the escape-character (%) in =
perhaps the reason-string? (Something like "postmaster%4011thnext.com" =
in the string). Sendmail don't like that. :) Took me quite  a while to =
catch that too. I commented extensively on this in my own spf-milter =
(http://spf.pobox.com/sendmail-milter-spf-1.41.pl).

  - Mark

          System Administrator Asarian-host.org

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