Returned Mail - Spam

chrisj

Active member
I have thousands emails in my spam folder of xenforo's default email address that I never noticed until now. All of them are related to hotmail/live and a few are yahoo.

Here are a few different types that I see.

Code:
The original message was received at Fri, 6 Jul 2012 15:55:11 -0400
from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
< xxxxxxx@hotmail.co.uk>
    (reason: 550 OU-001 (SNT0-MC4-F3) Unfortunately, messages from xx.xx.xx.xx weren't sent. Please contact you...ock list. You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mx2.hotmail.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 OU-001 (SNT0-MC4-F3) Unfortunately, messages from xx.xx.xx.xx weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list. You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

Final-Recipient: RFC822; xxxxxxx@hotmail.co.uk
Action: failed
Status: 5.2.0
Remote-MTA: DNS; mx2.hotmail.com
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 OU-001 (SNT0-MC4-F3) Unfortunately, messages from xx.xx.xx.xx weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list. You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.
Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 15:55:12 -0400

Code:
The original message was received at Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:18:24 -0400
from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
 
  ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<xxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com>
    (reason: 553 5.7.1 [BL21] Connections will not be accepted from xx.xx.xx.xx, because the ip is in Spamhaus's list; see http://postmaster.yahoo.com/550-bl23.html)
 
  ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mta5.am0.yahoodns.net.:
<<< 553 5.7.1 [BL21] Connections will not be accepted from xx.xx.xx.xx, because the ip is in Spamhaus's list; see http://postmaster.yahoo.com/550-bl23.html
... while talking to mta6.am0.yahoodns.net.:
<<< 553 5.7.1 [BL21] Connections will not be accepted from xx.xx.xx.xx, because the ip is in Spamhaus's list; see http://postmaster.yahoo.com/550-bl23.html
... while talking to mta7.am0.yahoodns.net.:
<<< 553 5.7.1 [BL21] Connections will not be accepted from xx.xx.xx.xx, because the ip is in Spamhaus's list; see http://postmaster.yahoo.com/550-bl23.html
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
 
Final-Recipient: RFC822; xxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.5.0
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5.7.1 [BL21] Connections will not be accepted from xx.xx.xx.xx, because the ip is in Spamhaus's list; see http://postmaster.yahoo.com/550-bl23.html
Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:18:24 -0400

In this case I think this was the same user that tried 2 different ip addresses.

Here is different error.
Code:
The original message was received at Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:23:38 -0400
from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
 
  ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<xxxxxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com>
    (reason: 550 OU-001 (BAY0-MC1-F41) Unfortunately, messages from xx.xx.xx.xx weren't sent. Please contact yo...ock list. You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.)
 
  ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mx4.hotmail.com.:
>>> MAIL From:<staff@psvitaforum.com> SIZE=8729
<<< 550 OU-001 (BAY0-MC1-F41) Unfortunately, messages from xx.xx.xx.xx weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list. You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
 
Final-Recipient: RFC822; xxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 OU-001 (BAY0-MC1-F41) Unfortunately, messages from xx.xx.xx.xx weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list. You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.
Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:23:39 -0400

I also occasionally receive an email stating that a message could not be sent for the past 4 hours and that it will try for 5 days.

Are there some settings I need to change that will limit or solve this problem?
 
I had similar errors and returned mail because of a spam flag. What had happened was, on shared hosting, some other customer using the default PHP mail had been sending spam. The IP address was then blacklisted. If you follow the instructions in the returned email you can usually see which list you're on and request removal, but that is often only a temporary fix and it's worth contacting your host.

In the end I changed from using the default sendmail to using a standalone mail account and this seems to have fixed it.
 
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