[LINK] Email Rejection Message

[Rick Welykochy]

Roger Clarke wrote:

> Here's an SMTP rejection-slip, which:
> (a)  I've never seen before
> (b)  is totally incomprehensible to normal human beings
>      [okay, I'm a sample of one *and* may not be regarded as normal;
>      so if you're a normal human being and understand it, 'please 
> explain'!]
> 

IMHO, the 550 error messages from email servers are not intended
for normal lay consumption. I could be wrong, but I tend to agree
that they are usually quite hard to comprehend.


>>             The Postfix program
>>
>> <(VALIDNAME)@netspeed.com.au>: host d2s.netspeed.com.au[203.31.48.32] 
>> said: 550
>>     G_MAX_BAD_IP 11/10 exceeded invalid addresses blocking for 65 
>> minutes [SMTP
>>     response from /202.78.47.76] (in reply to RCPT TO command)

I found this one with google.

<http://tinyurl.com/23nm5w>
  "g_max_bad_ip counts total bad recipients from
   one ip address on all sessions/connections within the last hour"

It is a spam prevention measure.

Perhaps the message could have been simpler:

550 Spam send rate too high

cheers
rickw



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