At 03:45 PM 1/7/2003 -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> >From one account, I am unable to email to sourceforge mail accounts.
>
>I receive delayed bounce messages (from the remote server).
>
>When I connect manually and do a mail from, I receive (after about a
>minute delay):
>
> 451-Envelope sender verification failed
> 451 rejected: temporarily unable to verify envelope sender address (try
> again later) <reed@???>
>
>The sourceforge doc at
>http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=6747&group_id=1 sort
>of indicates that it may be a DNS issue.
Exim typically tries to lookup MX / A records for your domain.
If your nameservers were returning a SERVFAIL in response to this query,
then you might get this bounce.
srs