From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 18 00:17:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E87FE16A418 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:17:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE17D13C45D for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:17:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay12.apple.com (relay12.apple.com [17.128.113.53]) by mail-out4.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA692120643B; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:17:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay12.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay12.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id A1635280B6; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:17:56 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807135-a99b1bb000002fbc-69-46ef1934ec7d Received: from [17.214.13.96] (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay12.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 8188F280BF; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:17:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <46EF0841.8070307@chrismaness.com> References: <46EF0243.4000604@chrismaness.com> <46EF0352.9050800@sequestered.net> <46EF0841.8070307@chrismaness.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4BF548AD-D73A-4822-85D0-B24B03F57E51@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:17:55 -0700 To: Chris Maness X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: FreeBSD-Questions List Subject: Re: SMTP Error from my server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:17:57 -0000 On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Chris Maness wrote: >> Looks to me like a failed sender verification callout-- these are >> generally construed to be abusive. I can't easily tell from your >> munging whether it's your server or Adelphia that's doing it, though. > > This is the only e-mail address that I am having this problem with, > and it has been going on for a year or so now. What other info > would you guys need to tell what it is. I guess I don't understand > the whole "sender verification callout" I'll have to do a little > google to find out. The idea is pretty simple: when someone sends you an email, you delay accepting it until you can confirm that you can send a reply back to the sending address, or more precisely, check whether you can do a MAIL FROM: your domain and RCPT TO: the sender, and have it return OK, without actually going into the DATA phase and delivering a test message. This idea works fine for normal email addresses, but fails miserably with certain types of automated email which is not intended for people to reply to, and it also tends to lose out with TDMA (http:// tmda.net/). More importantly, it also fails to work with itself-- other people using "sender verification callouts" cause a loop of failed deliveries, as neither side trusts the other. -- -Chuck