[Exim] Re: hosts_max_try/sun.com WAS retry timeout exceeded

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Author: Glenn Carver
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Subject: [Exim] Re: hosts_max_try/sun.com WAS retry timeout exceeded
Alan, Suresh,

Thanks for your help .. clearly I'm no DNS guru 8-).

I'll report the problem.

    Glenn


At 11:49pm +0800 3/8/02, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>+++ Alan J. Flavell [exim-users] <03/08/02 15:54 +0100>:
>> On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Glenn Carver wrote:
>> [what seems to be irrelevant previous problem snipped]
>>
>> > Incoming email is being rejected from sun.com:
>> a couple of those in our log also, and their From: header also uses
>> this domain, see.sun.com
>
>suresh@frodo:~$ dnsmx see.sun.com
>10 207.240.115.124
>
>Yup. Screwed up MX record there - which
>
>>>>       Hostmaster  (HO10519-OR)        hostmaster@???

>
>would want to hear about.
>
>> 2002-08-03 11:11:53 sun-9.sjc-colo.bbnplanet.com [207.240.115.10] in
>> RBL list at bl.spamcop.net (warning mode)
>> Seems a clear enough explanation of the problem. How about informing
>> their higher-level postmaster, if you're keen to get this sorted out?
>> Spamcop shows that some of the recipients of this stuff rated it as
>> spam anyway
>> http://spamcop.net/w3m?action=checkblock&ip=207.240.115.10
>
>Cue rant about how bl.spamcop.net is one of the more braindead dnsbls out
>there. I don't really like it, considering its basic input is "luser
>driven".
>
>I've seen more than enough jackasses reporting stuff they did sign up for as
>spam. Yes, I've seen a ton of spam as well - but as far as I can remember,
>Sun hasn't spammed anyone that I know of, or that groups.google.com can
>remember either...
>
>    -srs

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