Popularity Contest: (Dapper) bouncing mail

[Joris Dobbelsteen]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com 
>[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of 
>Derek Broughton
>Sent: vrijdag 6 april 2007 18:55
>To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: Popularity Contest: (Dapper) bouncing mail
>
>Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>
>> Brian Fahrlander wrote:
>>> 
>>>    After all the conversations about Popularity Contest last week, 
>>> and thinking how many times packages I use aren't represented, I 
>>> turned on PopCon.
>>> 
>>>     But there's something wrong, with mails getting sent back; for 
>>> some reason with
>>> 
>>> <popcon at ubuntu.com>: host 
>fiordland.ubuntu.com[82.211.81.145] said: 450
>>>     <root at altavista.local>: Sender address rejected: Domain 
>not found 
>>> (in reply to RCPT TO command)
>> 
>> It looks like either popcon's mail server is screwed up (possible 
>> since the website is), or your domain's blacklisted (possible?)
>> 
>
>Actually, it looks like it's rejecting domains that can't be 
>found in DNS. 
>Seems a little unnecessary - why would they feel that I _must_ 
>give them a valid email address?  It makes me a little less 
>confident of their promises to not misuse any information they collect.

This is quite common practice with mail servers. Don't blame them,
rather blame those who send spam and forge e-mail addresses!
This policy catches a few spam mails early on.

- Joris