Rejected mail problem - was Re: [plug] Perl vs PHP

[Bret Busby]

Mike Holland wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Joshua Pierre wrote:
> 
> > Sorry for Outlook :)
> 
> Never mind that. But please dont post from an address that rejects
> perfectly well formatted RFC-compliant replies.
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <alpha at indigo.net.au>
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to sodium.indigo.net.au.:
> >>> MAIL From:<myk at golden.wattle.id.au>
> <<< 553 5.3.0 Mail from dial-up rejected;see http://mail-abuse.org/dul/enduser.htm
> 501 <alpha at indigo.net.au>... Data format error
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    Part 1.2Type: MESSAGE/DELIVERY-STATUS
> 
>    Part 1.3Type: MESSAGE/RFC822

Hello, Hello, Hello.

This sounds familiar.

It appears, from the web page at the URL in the bounce message, that the
email was blocked, as the recipient server, or, its software, regarded
golden.wattle.id.au as a source of spam, and, therefore blacklisted it.