[Ffmpeg-devel] ML posting problems, any admin there ?

[Måns Rullgård]

Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> writes:

> Edouard Gomez wrote:
>> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
>> TO:<ffmpeg-devel at mplayerhq.hu>: host natsuki.mplayerhq.hu
>> [213.144.138.186]: 450 <ed at edgomez.kicks-ass.org>: Sender address
>> rejected: unverified address: connect to
>> edgomez.kicks-ass.org[81.57.38.90]: Connection refused
>
> I happen to know that a .kicks-ass.org address generally indicates a
> machine running on a home network. Perhaps natsuki doesn't like such
> home-hosted mail servers? (I.e., subscribing to one of the spam
> blackholing services that lists home-based IP addresses.)

No, we don't automatically blacklist people simply because they run a
mail server at home.  That is a perfectly normal thing to do, and
should not be punished.  However, we only allow posting from real
addresses.  To check this, the server attempts to connect to the MX
address of the sender domain.  For edgomez.kicks-ass.org, this fails
with a "connection refused" error, indicating that the sender address
is not real (it is impossible to deliver mail to it).

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