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Subject: Re: "We do not relay" errors
From: Dave Voorhis <dave @ armchair . mb . ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 00:56:45 -0600
To: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <ufa90rfrqh6.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu>

At 06:15 PM 13/02/98 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:

>Lately I've been receiving a large
>number (well, nearly 50% by volume) of bounces from various sites telling
>me that they don't relay. [...]
>
>Now this could be because of my setup; instead of being delivered by one
>single mail server, outbound mail service is split among a number of hosts
>at my site. [...]
>
>Have other folks been seeing these kinds of errors, too?

I've been seeing this, too.  I also deliver outbound list email via a local
relay, but I'm wondering if these bounces aren't a result of sites that
compare the 'To:' address in the header against RCPT address, or something
similar.

Dave Voorhis
mailto:dave@armchair.mb.ca
http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~dave



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