#28 Bob's mail bounces

[Rolf]

Hi, I don't think it's a good idea to close as fixed tickets that aren't really fixed. SF.net does not allow me to reopen a ticket :-( so I'll add it again here. The problem is reproducible and present for over a year. If I were you, I'd be more concerned about dropped mail even if other mail gets through.

I've been trying to contact Bob Hepple for over a year now, but all his mail bounces.

Here are two of several attempts:

<bhepple@users.sf.net>: host mx.sourceforge.net[216.34.181.68] said: 550
unknown user (in reply to RCPT TO command)

<bhepple@freeshell.org>: conversation with mail.freeshell.org[192.94.73.19]
timed out while receiving the initial server greeting

I wonder if the users.sf.net address may have been shut down because of issues with the freeshell.org address.

[Rolf]

Just tried again one more time. sf.net already bounced.

Reporting-MTA: dns; mail-in-02.arcor-online.net
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: D343D311E1
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; foss@rolf.leggewie.biz
Arrival-Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 12:38:54 +0200 (CEST)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; bhepple@users.sourceforge.net
Original-Recipient: rfc822;bhepple@users.sourceforge.net
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; mx.sourceforge.net
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 unknown user

[Rolf]

I just sent out a mail to Bob's addresses above and the new gmail address. So far I received bounces for your new gmail address and and the one here at users.sf.net. Is that some kind of new anti-spam tactic, to publish bouncing mail addresses?

<bhepple@gmail.com>: host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.133.27] said:
    550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please
    try 550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
    550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at 550 5.1.1
    https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser 204si16612804wmk.136 - gsmtp
    (in reply to RCPT TO command)

<bhepple@users.sf.net>: host mx.sourceforge.net[216.34.181.68] said: 550
    unknown user (in reply to RCPT TO command)

[Rolf]

WTF! The mail you provide in the whois for your own domain bounces, too. You have no postmaster@ and probably no abuse@, either. All of that is mandatory.