[okfn-help] okfn.org email bouncing?

Thu Aug 25 14:35:42 UTC 2011

Quick update: Open University is bouncing too. So the list of
institutions rejecting @okfn.org email so far includes:

  * European Commission
  * Open University
  * University of Southampton

All the best,

Jonathan

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Thank you very much for looking into this Jason!
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Jason Kitcat <jason.kitcat at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Sadly okfn.org has been registered on a real-time black list for spamming on http://www.uribl.com
>>
>> I have registered and requested delisting. I guess our sysadmins should check we've not been exploited In some way somewhere which is pumping out spam.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> On 24 Aug 2011, at 18:48, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>>
>>> In addition to the University of Southampton, I now cannot email any
>>> European Commission addresses, which is a bit of a problem!
>>>
>>> I get the following error:
>>>
>>> "Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
>>>
>>> [email address]
>>>
>>> Technical details of permanent failure:
>>> Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the
>>> recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for
>>> further information about the cause of this error. The error that the
>>> other server returned was: 550 550 5.7.1 Message rejected because of
>>> spam characteristics (state 18)."
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>> I've just had a couple of emails bounce today. Initially I assumed it
>>>> was the recipient's email address not working. But after it happened a
>>>> few times I noticed this in the bounced email:
>>>>
>>>> "The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 5.7.1 rejected
>>>> content, black listed blog.okfn.org by black.uribl.com."
>>>>
>>>> This doesn't sound so hot. Any ideas what it means? Is okfn.org
>>>> blacklisted? Has spam been sent out using the OKF domain somehow?
>>>>
>>>> J.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>
>>>> Technical details of permanent failure:
>>>> Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the
>>>> recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for
>>>> further information about the cause of this error. The error that the
>>>> other server returned was: 550 550 5.7.1 rejected content, black
>>>> listed blog.okfn.org by black.uribl.com. #762 #895
>>>> (n7NHY2045663399500) (state 18).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>>
>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>> http://blog.okfn.org
>>>>
>>>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>>>> http://identi.ca/jwyg
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>
>>> Community Coordinator
>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>> http://blog.okfn.org
>>>
>>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>>> http://identi.ca/jwyg
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Jason Kitcat
>> Foundation Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>
>> +44 (0) 7956 886 508
>>
>> http://www.okfn.org
>> http://twitter.com/jasonkitcat
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://blog.okfn.org
>
> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> http://identi.ca/jwyg
>

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://blog.okfn.org

http://twitter.com/jwyg
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