Re: DELIVERY FAILURE: 550 5.7.1 Policy analysis reported: This is not accepted relay target rcpt=<kernel@vger.kernel.org>

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@zmailer.org)
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 02:04:09 +0300


On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 03:22:01PM -0500, Robert Williamson wrote:
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.7 March 21, 2001
> From: "Robert Williamson" <robbiew@us.ibm.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:22:01 -0500
> X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D04NMS96/04/M/IBM(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at
> 09/26/2001 04:22:05 PM
>
> Local mail server did this...I apologize.

Yes. I noticed that it is tainted by the touch of Lotus Notes..

My opinnions re that product are not great, but with its email
functions I know only about problems occurring with it.
( I _do_ have skewed world-view, postmaster collects errors! )
It may be great system for what it was/is originally built for,
but connection with the Internet Email might not be it in the
_general_ case. Not even now, years after those interfaces have
been pioneered, and should have been debugged throughout.

It might even be a pilot error at the admin chair.

That thing does apparently still exhibit what I call "LAN EMAIL"
mentality: If there occurs some problem, thing with it goes and
scans visible headers for possible addresses, and blasts all those
with its cry. The correct address is of course the SMTP-level
transport MAIL FROM address, and in case of virus scanners,
perhaps also the RCPT TO recipients.

> - Robbie
>
> Robert V. Williamson
> Linux Test Project
> IBM Linux Technology Center
> http://ltp.sourceforge.net

/Matti Aarnio co-postmaster of vger.kernel.org
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