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(at)michvhf(dot)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(dot)Nijmeyers(at)cable(dot)a2000(dot)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(dot)Nijmeyers(at)cable(dot)a2000(dot)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(dot)Nijmeyers(at)cable(dot)a2000(dot)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(at)hub(dot)org)
>
> This morning I sent a polite note to postmaster(at)cable(dot)a2000(dot)nl, warning
> them that they've got a problem with mail looping. It promptly bounced
> back with
>
> postmaster(at)cable(dot)a2000(dot)nl:
> SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:
> <postmaster(at)cable(dot)a2000(dot)nl>:
> host hardy-1.a2000.nl [192.168.17.13]:
> 550 Invalid recipient <postmaster(at)cable(dot)a2000(dot)nl>
>
> (Sending to postmaster(at)a2000(dot)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
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