[lug] Help with email issues

[David L. Anselmi]

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> I can send emails to most anyone except for the postgresql email lists.

Here are some of the received headers on your post:

Received: from outbound-mail-138.bluehost.com 
(outbound-mail-138.bluehost.com
     [67.222.39.28])
     by new.community.tummy.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B9AF201F7CC
     for <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:53:25 -0700 (MST)
Received: (qmail 27658 invoked by uid 0); 20 Nov 2008 23:53:23 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO box505.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.105)
     by outboundproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 20 Nov 2008 23:53:23 -0000

They are in reverse order.  Your mail host (for this anyway) is box505 
but then you have to traverse at least one other machine to get to the 'net.

> At one point I tried to send an email to the list and I got this message back:
> 
> =====================================
> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at outboundproxy6.
> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> 
> <pgsql-admin at postgresql.org>:
> 200.46.204.86 does not like recipient.
> Remote host said: 504 5.5.2 <outboundproxy6>: Helo command rejected: need 
> fully-qualified hostname
> Giving up on 200.46.204.86.
> 
> --- Enclosed are the original headers of the message.

The error is from mail.postgresql.org (200.46.204.86) wanting a fully 
qualified name from outboundproxy6.  That's a misconfiguration from your 
provider and you probably can't fix it--talk to them.

Do you get this error every time you post?

If not, do you run your own SMTP server?  You can potentially simulate 
posting and see what the postgresql server says about your mail.  You'd 
be missing some pieces but maybe that would show you the problem.  Use 
telnet, or exim has a simulation mode.

Dave