@ Dave...

[TheMusicMan]

Hey Dave

Can you check your email address please... dave@brassforallpublishing.co.uk
as all tMP threads to which you are subscribed are causing bounced email messages to come my way.

I couldn't PM you about this as the mail would have bounced...

[Dave Payn]

Hey Dave

Can you check your email address please... dave@brassforallpublishing.co.uk
as all tMP threads to which you are subscribed are causing bounced email messages to come my way.

I couldn't PM you about this as the mail would have bounced...

That is my current email address, so alas, I don't know why they've been bouncing. I seem to recall you were having similar trouble with Ian Perks's mail address. I'm at a loss to explain why this is happening, John. Sorry!

[TheMusicMan]

Ok, I just sent you a test email to that address and this is what I got back within 30 seconds...


This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

dave@brassforallpublishing.co.uk
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<dave@brassforallpublishing.co.uk>:
host mailgate.freeparking.com [72.1.201.141]:
550-Connection from 207.210.111.3 rejected
550-Sending server has no reverse DNS (PTR record)
550 Contact the ISP responsible for 207.210.111.3

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by server.themouthpiece.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
id 1FpVFO-00057T-HI
for dave@brassforallpublishing.co.uk; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:05:18 -0400
Reply-To: <john@themouthpiece.com>
From: "John" <john@themouthpiece.com>
To: <dave@brassforallpublishing.co.uk>
Subject: Did you get this Dave...?
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:05:10 +0100
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Hi Dave

Just testing some stuff out... let me know if you get this matey... ta

John

[Dave Payn]

Ok, I just sent you a test email to that address and this is what I got back within 30 seconds...

Well.... I dunno what to say/do! Other people have sent me mails and there have been no problems. Odd....

[dyl]

John: from that error message:

550-Sending server has no reverse DNS (PTR record)
Could that be the problem?

[2nd man down]

Aaaah, the old "Sending-Server" chestnut. Tsk. :rolleyes:

[TheMusicMan]

Hmmm.. Crawf, it seems you may know how I rectify this...? any ideas?

[2nd man down]

DOH!! No, sorry John, I was just being my usual cheeky self. :oops:

I know two things about server problems,
1. Nothing
2. S*d all.

[DaveR]

I can't really help either, but there is something slightly odd about the way mailing is set up on tMP. All thread alerts are sent to webmail in my webhosting space not to my real email address, despite the fact the address used in tMP mails is the same as my real address. I too had a problem some time ago when my mail from tMP was bouncing despite the address apparently being correct. Very odd.

EDIT: Oh hang on, I've just read the error message you posted above. It is complaining about "Sending server has no reverse DNS". I think how this works is that Dave's email provider is receiving the email tMP is sending, but is performing a validation check to see if the email is from a valid server and isn't just SPAM. It does this by reverse DNS lookup (loads about that on Google). If the server doesn't pass the test, the email bounces.

I'm not sure how to fix it - it is probably a problem with your DNS registration - but your ISP should be able to advise.

And in case it sounds like I know what I'm talking about, rest assured that I don't! I only sort of dabble on the very outer fringes of this area for work. I am by no means an expert, and accept no responsibility for any incorrect information! I'm sure that there will be some much cleverer person on here though who will understand a lot more than I do!

[DaveR]

^ Though having just checked my inbox on the tMP server - I have no notifications, so they have obviously stopped working again! :biggrin:

[TheMusicMan]

OK thanks DaveR... :tup

I have fixed the reverse DNS thing and will look into the other issue when I get home this evening. ta for the heads up.