Re: problem e-mailing debian groups
On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:41:14 +0000 (UTC)
Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> wrote:
>Almost five years ago, I became unable to post questions here by e-mail. The
>e-mail bounces with, for example:
>
>> The following message to <debian-user@lists.debian.org> was undeliverable.
>> The reason for the problem:
>> 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'5.1.7
><prvs=752320ad2=skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu>: Sender address rejected:
>undeliverable address: host syrano.acb.uc.edu[129.137.3.161] said: 550 5.1.1
><prvs=752320ad2=skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu>... User unknown (in reply to RCPT
>TO comm
>>
>> --4pO84.596/vqwKa.2j26M/gYqU.DibVXRw
>> content-type: message/delivery-status
>>
>> Reporting-MTA: dns; ucmailmx4.uc.edu
>>
>> Final-Recipient: rfc822;debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Action: failed
>> Status: 5.0.0 (permanent failure)
>> Remote-MTA: dns; [82.195.75.100]
>> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'5.1.7
><prvsu2320ad2=skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu>: Sender address rejected:
>undeliverable address: host syrano.acb.uc.edu[129.137.3.161] said: 550 5.1.1
><prvsu2320ad2=skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu>... User unknown (in re
>>
>> --4pO84.596/vqwKa.2j26M/gYqU.DibVXRw
>> content-type: message/rfc822
>
>This commenced about the time my employer started prepending a bounce address
>validation tag ("prvs=752320ad2=" in the above example) to my e-mail address
>on outgoing mails. This fails with the debian lists but nowhere else. I
>have circumvented the problem ever since by posting via gmane.org.
>
>But now I am screwed. The e-mail address you now see (via gmane) gets >90%
>spam, presumably because the address is pulled by spammers from archives that
>include my posts. So I set up a clean, new address that I intend to use only
>for receiving the digest. The problem is that I have to confirm my
>enrollment by e-mailing
> debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org
>and that e-mail bounces because of the first problem. I can't get to the
>confirmation address through gmane.
>
>Any ideas on how to fix either problem? Thanks.
>
Perhaps contacting the list maintainer directly? Sometimes they can do
something to help out with this kind of issue. The maintainers address
is listmaster@lists.debian.org. I don't know how long it will take to
get an answer.
I am sure there will be other suggestions, also.
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