Re: Mail loop at a2000.nl (was Re: [HACKERS] PATCH for pgconnection.h)

going...going...gone...

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> writes:
> > Looks like someone's mailer reinjected this one.
> 
> Yes, along with five others that were also about two weeks old.
> I recall having noticed several other such incidents in the recent
> past, all bearing headers that indicate the retransmitted messages
> originally went from the mail list to one <Z.Nijmeyers@cable.a2000.nl>.
> 
> Start of reinjection of this one (note date):
> 
> Received: from hardy-1.a2000.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by hardy-1.a2000.nl
>           (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6)  with SMTP id AAA5185;
>           Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:34:05 +0200
> 
> Immediately prior Received: lines:
> 
> Received: from smtp1.a2000.nl ([192.168.17.19]) by hardy-1.a2000.nl
>           (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6)  with ESMTP id AAT19D0
>           for <Z.Nijmeyers@cable.a2000.nl>; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 06:48:41 +0200
> Received: from hub.org ([209.167.229.1])
>     by smtp1.a2000.nl with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #4)
>     id 112SYe-0002lN-00
>     for Z.Nijmeyers@cable.a2000.nl; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 06:46:44 +0200
> Received: from hub.org (hub.org [209.167.229.1])
>     by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA39425;
>     Fri, 9 Jul 1999 00:40:25 -0400 (EDT)
>     (envelope-from owner-pgsql-hackers@hub.org)
> 
> This morning I sent a polite note to postmaster@cable.a2000.nl, warning
> them that they've got a problem with mail looping.  It promptly bounced
> back with
> 
>   postmaster@cable.a2000.nl:
>     SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:
>     <postmaster@cable.a2000.nl>:
>     host hardy-1.a2000.nl [192.168.17.13]:
>     550 Invalid recipient <postmaster@cable.a2000.nl>
> 
> (Sending to postmaster@a2000.nl instead probably won't help, since it
> MX's to the same machines.)
> 
> I conclude that a2000.nl is run by a bunch of idiots who can't read
> RFCs, let alone operate a mail server competently.  I expect that
> we will continue to get blessed with regurgitated messages until Marc
> pulls any a2000.nl addresses from the mailing lists :-(
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org