[OT] broken autoresponder to list posts at ofcom.org.uk

[Matt Kettler <mkettler () evi-inc com>]

At 11:01 AM 12/23/2003, do_not_reply () ofcom org uk wrote:
> Your e-mail has NOT been received by the receipient(s). The destination 
> regulator has now moved to Ofcom's offices.
Gotta love how many sites can't figure out how to generate a useful 
delivery status notification (DSN) for delivery failures...

The above mentioned site apparently has a MX record for one of the 
subscribers of the list, but the DSN doesn't say what address caused the 
failure.. How useless of them...

To those receiving these messages, might I suggest the following fix :)

# tail -n1 /etc/mail/access
do_not_reply () ofcom org uk       550 broken DSNs not accepted. Please 
indicate actual failed recipient when generating a DSN.

Those of a more extreme mindset could just blockade their entire server, 
which is:

ofcom-01.redcubehosting.net [80.249.110.103]



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