mail not going through

[Guest]

Email I sent to myself to test the system bounced back to me with the following message:

The original message was received at Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:16:13 -0400
from 216-12-26-220.mvl.intelos.net [216.12.26.220]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<ebay.j.k**b@xoxy.net>
(reason: 501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address ***@ntelos.net does not exist)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to gourmet.spamgourmet.com.:
>>> MAIL From:<***@ntelos.net> SIZE=1086
<<< 501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address ***@ntelos.net does not exist
501 5.6.0 Data format error

Any ideas?(Obviously the asterisks are replacing actual letters)

[josh]

not sure what that was -- can you try it again? We had DNS difficulties for a short period.

[glauber]

The exact same thing is happening to me at my yahoo.com address

[Guest]

Hey, Josh -

I just attempted it again, it's 5:18 eastern, and I'm getting the same message.

[ian]

Still getting the same message, even to postmaster@spamgourmet.com.

[jbs]

A couple of people today have told me they got the same bounced back message,

forward.20.xxxxxxxx@xoxy.net
SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<xxxxxxxx@post.harvard.edu> SIZE=2597:
host gourmet.spamgourmet.com [216.218.230.146]:
501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address xxxxxxxx@post.harvard.edu does not exist

Any ideas what's causing this? I can't tell how much mail is being affected, but I've tested it a couple of times with things I'm sending myself and it is getting bounced . . .

[ButterO]

I tried both a spamgourmet masked reply & when that didn't work I tried a sg initiated hidden address send and both gave me this error:

Unfortunately, your mail was not delivered to the following address:

<+****+****+e70cb64d28.****#****.com@spamgourmet.com>:
Connected to 216.218.230.146 but sender was rejected.
Remote host said: 501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address ****@netzero.com does
not exist

**** mask real data above....

Sounds like the same issue.

I've been able to do both actions before.

[Guest]

Same here.

Your message

To: prefix.name.2.username@spamgourmet.com
Subject: test2
Sent: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:24:38 -0700

did not reach the following recipient(s):

prefix.name.2.username@spamgourmet.com on Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:24:29 -0700
The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not
report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still
fails, contact your system administrator.
< mylocalserver #5.0.0 X-Postfix; host
gourmet.spamgourmet.com[216.218.230.146] said: 501 5.1.8 Domain of
sender address forwarding@address.com does not exist>

[Guest]

Looks like this is ongoing. I had three mails bounced earlier. Just tried it again (10:30 PM central) and the same thing happened.

It says the JUNO domain I am mailing from doesn't exist. Ah, well....
There's always tomorrow.

[spur]

Hi Josh,

I'm having the identical problem with mail being bounced back with the same error message -- sender's domain name does not exist. Hope you can fix this soon.

My e-mails to info@spamgourmet.com also bounce with the same message.

Thanks

[wshealy]

Josh
I'm having the same problem down to an including mail bouncing to info@spamgourment.com. 9 bounces tonight.
Thanks
Wallace

[wshealy]

Josh
Just to be clear I posted the previous message after the news page indicates the problem is fixed. Guess it isn't and you would want to know.
WShealy

[nick4mony]

I get the same thing posting to a zzzz.20.zzz@dfgh.net, and a zzz.20.zzz@spamgourmet.com address, both existing and not-existing.

The from addresses are ...
zzzz@dnb.com.au
zzzz@webactivation.com.au
zzzz@grad.com

Lucky I test these things before I give them to any body.

*********
*** The additional clue ******
*********

The zzzz.20.zzz address is NOT being created... I know that because I log into the spamgourmet system and switch to advanced mode.

Happening about 20 minutes ago.

If you want to sms me on +61438366342 (Australia mobile), I can mail you my real usernames and email addresses privately.

Example on 27-Apr-2004 3:40 PM +10:00
The e-mail address could not be found. Perhaps the recipient moved to a different e-mail organization, or there was a mistake in the address. Check the address and try again.
<smtp.dnb.com.au #5.1.8 smtp;501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address zzzzz@dnb.com.au does not exist>

[Carsten]

Since yesterday evening it's not working. Still get an error message like the following and no emails get resent by Spamgourmet.

Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; host gourmet.spamgourmet.com[216.218.230.146] said:
501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address XXX@pit.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
does not exist (in reply to MAIL FROM command)

[jbs]

I logged into email this morning and discovered no new mail, including a couple of "get them every morning" emails. I've since sent several test messages to several SG addresses and none are coming through . . .

Josh, can you give an update on what the situation is? It's a bit unsettling to know that all my mail is just "disappearing" and not to have a sense for when it might be back, especially when the news page says it's fixed already.

Do you know what's causing this and have a sense for when it will be fixed? Do we need to start changing our addresses with folks we're expecting mail from?

I know SG is not for urgent mail, and I know it's a free service (though I do donate), so I'm not trying to be a jerk, just want to get a sense for whether this is a one-hour or a one-week problem.

Can you let us know?

--Jason