Just thought it was .. odd .. to threaten me because my mail server was rejecting spam? > On Mar 22, 2019, at 4:58 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 23:55, Perry Wagle <wagle@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> Hello human! >> >> Whats the deal with these every couple weeks:? > > It means your email provider (specifically, the mail server for > mac.com) rejected an email from the gcc-help mailing list, because it > violated the mail server's policies (see the last line, which shows > the error that the gcc.gnu.org mail server got from the mac.com mail > server). > > That usually happens because somebody sent spam to the gcc list, which > got forwarded to every subscriber, but your mail provider flagged it > as spam and refused to accept it. The gcc.gnu.org mail server sends > you the notification that it tried and failed to deliver a message to > you. > > >> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> From: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: ezmlm warning >>> Date: March 22, 2019 at 3:08:38 PM PDT >>> To: wagle@xxxxxxx >>> >>> Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the >>> gcc@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list. >>> >>> >>> Messages to you from the gcc mailing list seem to >>> have been bouncing. I've attached a copy of the first bounce >>> message I received. >>> >>> If this message bounces too, I will send you a probe. If the probe bounces, >>> I will remove your address from the gcc mailing list, >>> without further notice. >>> >>> >>> I've kept a list of which messages from the gcc mailing list have >>> bounced from your address. >>> >>> Copies of these messages may be in the archive. >>> To retrieve a set of messages 123-145 (a maximum of 100 per request), >>> send an empty message to: >>> <gcc-get.123_145@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> To receive a subject and author list for the last 100 or so messages, >>> send an empty message to: >>> <gcc-index@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> Here are the message numbers: >>> >>> 198455 >>> 198498 >>> 198522 >>> >>> --- Enclosed is a copy of the bounce message I received. >>> >>> Return-Path: <> >>> Received: (qmail 73377 invoked for bounce); 10 Mar 2019 22:58:31 -0000 >>> Date: 10 Mar 2019 22:58:31 -0000 >>> From: MAILER-DAEMON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> To: gcc-return-198455-@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: failure notice >>> >>> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sourceware.org. >>> 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. >>> >>> <wagle@xxxxxxx>: >>> User and password not set, continuing without authentication. >>> <wagle@xxxxxxx> 17.172.34.64 failed after I sent the message. >>> Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 [CS01] Message rejected due to local policy. Please visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204137 >>> >>
