Rick,
Thanks, I'll need to look into it some more - see what I can fix easily
enough. Even your emails to me (via balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org) didn't
land in my "inbox", but, alas, were snagged by gmail as "spam". Not that
there's anything inherently wrong with the emails ... gmail's spam
filtering seems to be getting increasingly stupid, and drops lots of
legitimate email from numerous legitimate senders into spam - and
senders having perfectly fine (or at least okay) email sending too. But
at least gmail's spam filtering is better than yahoo's horrible mess of
spam filtering ... but that's not saying much.
I miss when berkeley.edu actually handled their own mail - they've long
since handed it all over to Google ... ugh.
So, yeah, anyway, something(s) definitely not right. I think some of
the issues are - mailman's bounce processing isn't working 100%. That
is likely due to exim4/eximconfig/mailman interaction.
There's also some fair bits of odd breakage(ness) in eximconfig.
eximconfig, unfortunately, hasn't been maintained in many many years,
and as time goes on, and exim evolves and upgrades versions, eximconfig
only continues to be more and more broken.
My longer term plan is to get rid of eximconfig - and almost certainly
also exim - and probably go with an MTA that is also more reasonably
configurable - probably postfix. One of exim's significant
limitations/issues, is it doesn't play very nice with multiple domains.
If, e.g., one has multiple domains - be it 2 or thousands, and one wants
to or needs to, say, set up, postmaster@DOMAIN, webmaster@DOMAIN,
contact@DOMAIN, listmaster@DOMAIN, etc. the distinct DOMAINs can't be
aliased separately, but every single one, e.g. postmaster, webmaster,
etc, must all use the same alias for the same local part - even across
distinct domains. That's a best highly annoying and unsatisfactory.
Yes, is possible to add further post-processing tools, that might
possibly address that, but that's also rather unsatisfactory.
E.g. if I want/need webmaster@DOMAIN1, and @DOMAIN2, but don't want and
want to reject webmaster@OTHER_DOMAINS - exim has no way to do that - post
processing tools could drop that, but they can't reject it at connect.
Anyway, lots of reasons to switch out the MTA. And with that will need to
put in some reasonable (and much more feasible to reasonably control -
eximconfig is too creaky and unmaintained for that, and much of it is
deeply tied into python - which I don't exactly fully grok ... yet).
And, "of course", since it's all live and operational, need to do the
changes carefully (will probably need to alpha/beta test the changes on
a quasi-work-alike dummy/test VM first ... carefully, as won't want to
be doing actual Internet email/list traffic - at least not with same
domains/IPs). Anyway, is on the todo list. Did get balug VM upgraded
to current stable some months back - so that's a bit closer. Still have
one (fairly complex) physical host to upgrade to current stable ...
likely get to the MTA/anti-spam stuff on the BALUG VM sometime after that.
But I'll also look to see if there's something I might be able to do in
the meantime that works reasonably well and easily enough.
Also, might go from mailman2 to mailman3 at some point ... but that's not
nearly as urgent. Would likely have some fair bit of advantages, but that
wouldn't fix the other (at least for the most part) email issues - so not
a priority at this time.
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:23:29 -0700
> From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> To: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org
> Subject: Re: [BALUG-Admin] balug.org's IP and domain are on some blocklists
> Sender: BALUG-Admin <balug-admin-bounces(a)lists.balug.org>
>
> I wrote:
>
> > RBL claims in the bounce notices below motivated me to check the BALUG
> > IP (96.86.170.229) and domain on DNSBLs. There are some reputation
> > problems for the IP address...
> >
> > $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
> > 127.0.0.2
> > $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.all.s5h.net
> > 127.0.0.2
> > $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.b.barracudacentral.org
> > 127.0.0.2
> > $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.bb.barracudacentral.org
> > 127.0.0.2
> > $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.black.dnsbl.brukalai.lt
> > 127.0.0.2
> > $
>
> One more:
>
> $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.l2.apews.org
> 127.0.0.2
> $
>
> http://www.apews.org/?page=test&C=20&E=521546&ip=96.86.170.229
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:03:21 -0700
> From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> To: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org
> Subject: [BALUG-Admin] balug.org's IP and domain are on some blocklists
> Sender: BALUG-Admin <balug-admin-bounces(a)lists.balug.org>
>
> RBL claims in the bounce notices below motivated me to check the BALUG
> IP (96.86.170.229) and domain on DNSBLs. There are some reputation
> problems for the IP address...
>
> $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
> 127.0.0.2
> $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.all.s5h.net
> 127.0.0.2
> $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.b.barracudacentral.org
> 127.0.0.2
> $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.bb.barracudacentral.org
> 127.0.0.2
> $ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.black.dnsbl.brukalai.lt
> 127.0.0.2
> $
>
> ...and for the domain:
>
> $ dig -t a +short balug.org.postmaster.rfc-clueless.org
> 127.0.0.3
> $
>
> The domain claim is definitely bogus, and I don't know why the RBL
> claims balug.org doesn't accept mail to postmaster -- as I just verified
> that it does:
>
> $ telnet balug.org smtp
> Trying 96.86.170.229...
> Connected to balug.org.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220-balug.org ESMTP Exim 4.92 (EximConfig 2.5) Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:41:33
> +0000
> 220-.
> 220-WARNING: Unsolicited commercial E-mail (UCE/SPAM), pornographic
> 220-material, viruses and relaying is prohibited by this server and
> 220-any such messages will be rejected/filtered automatically
> 220-depending on content.
> 220-.
> 220-By using this server, you agree not to send any messages of the
> 220-above nature. Please disconnect immediately if you do not agree
> 220-to these terms and conditions.
> 220-.
> 220-Please contact postmaster(a)balug.org if you have any
> 220-enquiries about or problems with this server.
> 220-.
> 220-Find out more about EximConfig for the Exim mailer by visiting
> 220-the following URL: http://www.jcdigita.com/eximconfig
> 220 .
> HELO linuxmafia.com
> 250 balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org Hello linuxmafia.com [96.95.217.99]
> MAIL FROM: <root(a)linuxmafia.com>
> 250 OK
> RCPT TO: <postmaster(a)balug.org>
> 250 Accepted
> DATA
> 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
> From: root(a)linuxmafia.com
> To: postmaster(a)balug.org
> Subject: Just testing postmaster deliverability
>
> postmaster.rfc-clueless.org lists the balug.org domain, so I'm just
> doing a test. Am guessing the RBL's claim is bogus.
> .
> 250 OK id=1jp1kE-0004HS-RP
> quit
> 221 balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org closing connection
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> $
>
>
> It could be that rfc-clueless.org's testing is aggressive enough
> to occasionally cause Exim to reject the test mails to postmaster,
> or that their text seems spammy to the rulesets, or something like
> that. I cannot remember exactly where EximConfig's whitelisting
> is, but, if logfile analysis reveals where rfc-clueless.org's test
> mails originate, that would be a preventative.
>
> The other listings are more troubling, claiming that balug.org's IP
> has been functioning as a spamhaus.
>
>
> The bounce message (below) talks about the IP address also being listed
> at 'spamrl.com', but according to
> https://www.gmass.co/blog/domain-blacklists-comprehensive-guide/ ,
> 'SpamRL.com is a domain blacklist cloaked in secrecy' with no Web-based
> or other query tools, though one can manually de-list one's IP for up
> to seven days at their Web site.
>
>
> ----- Forwarded message from mailman(a)lists.balug.org -----
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:50:51 +0000
> From: mailman(a)lists.balug.org
> To: balug-talk-owner(a)lists.balug.org
> Subject: Bounce action notification
>
> This is a Mailman mailing list bounce action notice:
>
> List: BALUG-Talk
> Member: dale(a)skywriterhosting.com
> Action: Subscription disabled.
> Reason: Excessive or fatal bounces.
>
>
>
> The triggering bounce notice is attached below.
>
> Questions? Contact the Mailman site administrator at
> mailman(a)lists.balug.org.
>
> Received: from Debian-exim by balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org with local
> (Exim 4.92 #3 (EximConfig 2.5))
> id 1joyqL-0001nw-BL ; Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:37:17 +0000
> X-Failed-Recipients: pricen(a)live-int.com,
> james(a)globaltap.com,
> jack(a)puppetlabs.com,
> luke(a)teyssier.com,
> zen(a)pengaru.com,
> embeddedlinuxguy(a)gmail.com,
> dale(a)skywriterhosting.com,
> melissa(a)ginormus.com
> Reply-To: postmaster(a)balug.org
> Auto-Submitted: auto-replied
> From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon(a)balug.org>
> To: balug-talk-bounces(a)lists.balug.org
> Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
> boundary=1593218237-eximdsn-1255133696
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
> Message-Id: <E1joyqL-0001nw-BL(a)balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:37:17 +0000
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> expanded to false
>
> 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:
>
> pricen(a)live-int.com
> retry timeout exceeded
> james(a)globaltap.com
> host mxa.spamstick.net [192.73.242.154]
> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<james(a)globaltap.com>:
> 550 no mailbox by that name is currently available
> jack(a)puppetlabs.com
> host aspmx.l.google.com [2607:f8b0:400e:c07::1a]
> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<jack(a)puppetlabs.com>:
> 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not
> exist. Please try
> 550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
> 550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
> 550 5.1.1 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser
> k88si9124651pjk.22 - gsmtp
> luke(a)teyssier.com
> host mail.teyssier.com [64.26.60.153]
> SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
> 550 The sending IP (96.86.170.229) is listed on
> https://spamrl.com/. Please resolve this and retry.
> zen(a)pengaru.com
> host mail.pengaru.com [66.240.222.126]
> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<zen(a)pengaru.com>:
> 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [96.86.170.229]
> blocked using b.barracudacentral.org;
> http://www.barracudanetworks.com/reputation/?pr=1&ip=96.86.170.229
> embeddedlinuxguy(a)gmail.com
> host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [2607:f8b0:400e:c08::1b]
> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
> TO:<embeddedlinuxguy(a)gmail.com>:
> 552-5.2.2 The email account that you tried to reach is over
> quota. Please direct
> 552-5.2.2 the recipient to
> 552 5.2.2 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=OverQuotaPerm
> y34si3775952pgk.91 - gsmtp
> dale(a)skywriterhosting.com
> Unrouteable address
> melissa(a)ginormus.com
> Unrouteable address
>
> Reporting-MTA: dns; balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org
>
> Action: failed
> Final-Recipient: rfc822;melissa(a)ginormus.com
> Status: 5.0.0
>
> Action: failed
> Final-Recipient: rfc822;dale(a)skywriterhosting.com
> Status: 5.0.0
>
> Action: failed
> Final-Recipient: rfc822;embeddedlinuxguy(a)gmail.com
> Status: 5.0.0
> Remote-MTA: dns; gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 552-5.2.2 The email account that you tried to
> reach is over quota. Please direct
> 552-5.2.2 the recipient to
> 552 5.2.2 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=OverQuotaPerm
> y34si3775952pgk.91 - gsmtp
>
> Action: failed
> Final-Recipient: rfc822;zen(a)pengaru.com
> Status: 5.0.0
> Remote-MTA: dns; mail.pengaru.com
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host
> [96.86.170.229] blocked using b.barracudacentral.org;
> http://www.barracudanetworks.com/reputation/?pr=1&ip=96.86.170.229
>
> Action: failed
> Final-Recipient: rfc822;luke(a)teyssier.com
> Status: 5.0.0
> Remote-MTA: dns; mail.teyssier.com
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 The sending IP (96.86.170.229) is listed
> on https://spamrl.com/. Please resolve this and retry.
>
> Action: failed
> Final-Recipient: rfc822;jack(a)puppetlabs.com
> Status: 5.0.0
> Remote-MTA: dns; aspmx.l.google.com
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to
> reach does not exist. Please try
> 550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
> 550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
> 550 5.1.1 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser
> k88si9124651pjk.22 - gsmtp
>
> Action: failed
> Final-Recipient: rfc822;james(a)globaltap.com
> Status: 5.0.0
> Remote-MTA: dns; mxa.spamstick.net
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 no mailbox by that name is currently available
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> Action: failed
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> Subject: Re: [BALUG-Talk] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a
> LUG
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> Ah, I recall times I participated in Installfest For The Schools, I
> think these guys were involved...
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 2:37 AM Michael Paoli
> <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Also replied to 'em off-list regarding Partimus and such.
> >
> > references/excerpts:
> >
> > > From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu>
> > > To: "Cameron Abrams" <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com>, "Christian
> > > Einfeldt" <christian(a)partimus.org>, "Grant Bowman"
> > > <grant(a)partimus.org>, "James Howard" <james(a)partimus.org>
> > > Cc: "Rick Moen" <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> > > Subject: Re: Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
> > > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:15:09 -0700
> >
> > > Cameron / Partimus folks, perhaps y'all ought connect. :-)
> > >
> > > I believe Partiums is (approximately?) based in(/around?) San Francisco,
> > > and also does / has done work with some East Bay (Oakland, if I
> > > recall correctly) school(s). I believe Grant is also out in East Bay,
> > > East of Concord.
> > >
> > > Also including link to list of lists (of [L]UGs), in case that's
> > > also useful.
> > >
> > > Thanks for reaching out and asking!
> > >
> > > http://www.partimus.org/
> > > http://www.partimus.org/contact.php
> > >
> > >
> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:bay_area_open_source_linu…
> > >
> > > references/excerpts:
> > > http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/dvlug/2020q2/000608.html
> > > http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/dvlug/2020q2/000609.html
> > > https://groups.google.com/g/berkeleylug/c/Tr_WRg1STpI/m/qOZ_8bheCQAJ
> > > https://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk/2020-June/000213.html
> > >
> > >> From: "Rick Moen" <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> > >> To: dvlug(a)linuxmafia.com
> > >> Subject: [dvlug] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
> > >> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:02:25 -0700
> > >
> > >> ----- Forwarded message from Cameron Abrams
> > >> <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com> -----
> > >>
> > >> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:28:39 -0700
> > >> From: Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com>
> >
> >
> > > From rick(a)linuxmafia.com Thu Jun 25 18:11:04 2020
> > > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:10:49 -0700
> > > From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> > > To: BALUG-Talk(a)lists.balug.org
> > > Subject: [BALUG-Talk] Company in Concord seeks to donate older
> PCs to a LUG
> > >
> > > ----- Forwarded message from Cameron Abrams
> <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com> -----
> > >
> > > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:28:39 -0700
> > > From: Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com>
> > > To: dvlug-owner(a)linuxmafia.com
> > > Subject: Do you take donations?
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am contacting you on behalf of the company I work for. We are
> located in
> > > Concord, and are in the midst of a transition. We would like to
> get rid of
> > > some older PCs we have replaced with newer ones, and we are in
> the midst of
> > > wiping all of our hard drives. We were wondering if perhaps this was a
> > > Linux group that took donations, as we would rather put the PCs
> to use than
> > > scrap them as e-waste. If you do accept donations and would like
> to discuss
> > > this matter further, or if you do not accept donations but do
> know of other
> > > local groups that accept donations, please email me back.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Cameron
> > >
> > > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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>
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>
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RBL claims in the bounce notices below motivated me to check the BALUG
IP (96.86.170.229) and domain on DNSBLs. There are some reputation
problems for the IP address...
$ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
127.0.0.2
$ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.all.s5h.net
127.0.0.2
$ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.b.barracudacentral.org
127.0.0.2
$ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.bb.barracudacentral.org
127.0.0.2
$ dig -t a +short 229.170.86.96.black.dnsbl.brukalai.lt
127.0.0.2
$
...and for the domain:
$ dig -t a +short balug.org.postmaster.rfc-clueless.org
127.0.0.3
$
The domain claim is definitely bogus, and I don't know why the RBL
claims balug.org doesn't accept mail to postmaster -- as I just verified
that it does:
$ telnet balug.org smtp
Trying 96.86.170.229...
Connected to balug.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-balug.org ESMTP Exim 4.92 (EximConfig 2.5) Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:41:33
+0000
220-.
220-WARNING: Unsolicited commercial E-mail (UCE/SPAM), pornographic
220-material, viruses and relaying is prohibited by this server and
220-any such messages will be rejected/filtered automatically
220-depending on content.
220-.
220-By using this server, you agree not to send any messages of the
220-above nature. Please disconnect immediately if you do not agree
220-to these terms and conditions.
220-.
220-Please contact postmaster(a)balug.org if you have any
220-enquiries about or problems with this server.
220-.
220-Find out more about EximConfig for the Exim mailer by visiting
220-the following URL: http://www.jcdigita.com/eximconfig
220 .
HELO linuxmafia.com
250 balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org Hello linuxmafia.com [96.95.217.99]
MAIL FROM: <root(a)linuxmafia.com>
250 OK
RCPT TO: <postmaster(a)balug.org>
250 Accepted
DATA
354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
From: root(a)linuxmafia.com
To: postmaster(a)balug.org
Subject: Just testing postmaster deliverability
postmaster.rfc-clueless.org lists the balug.org domain, so I'm just
doing a test. Am guessing the RBL's claim is bogus.
.
250 OK id=1jp1kE-0004HS-RP
quit
221 balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
$
It could be that rfc-clueless.org's testing is aggressive enough
to occasionally cause Exim to reject the test mails to postmaster,
or that their text seems spammy to the rulesets, or something like
that. I cannot remember exactly where EximConfig's whitelisting
is, but, if logfile analysis reveals where rfc-clueless.org's test
mails originate, that would be a preventative.
The other listings are more troubling, claiming that balug.org's IP
has been functioning as a spamhaus.
The bounce message (below) talks about the IP address also being listed
at 'spamrl.com', but according to
https://www.gmass.co/blog/domain-blacklists-comprehensive-guide/ ,
'SpamRL.com is a domain blacklist cloaked in secrecy' with no Web-based
or other query tools, though one can manually de-list one's IP for up
to seven days at their Web site.
----- Forwarded message from mailman(a)lists.balug.org -----
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:50:51 +0000
From: mailman(a)lists.balug.org
To: balug-talk-owner(a)lists.balug.org
Subject: Bounce action notification
This is a Mailman mailing list bounce action notice:
List: BALUG-Talk
Member: dale(a)skywriterhosting.com
Action: Subscription disabled.
Reason: Excessive or fatal bounces.
The triggering bounce notice is attached below.
Questions? Contact the Mailman site administrator at
mailman(a)lists.balug.org.
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recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
pricen(a)live-int.com
retry timeout exceeded
james(a)globaltap.com
host mxa.spamstick.net [192.73.242.154]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<james(a)globaltap.com>:
550 no mailbox by that name is currently available
jack(a)puppetlabs.com
host aspmx.l.google.com [2607:f8b0:400e:c07::1a]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<jack(a)puppetlabs.com>:
550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
550 5.1.1 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser k88si9124651pjk.22 - gsmtp
luke(a)teyssier.com
host mail.teyssier.com [64.26.60.153]
SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
550 The sending IP (96.86.170.229) is listed on https://spamrl.com/. Please resolve this and retry.
zen(a)pengaru.com
host mail.pengaru.com [66.240.222.126]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<zen(a)pengaru.com>:
554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [96.86.170.229] blocked using b.barracudacentral.org; http://www.barracudanetworks.com/reputation/?pr=1&ip=96.86.170.229
embeddedlinuxguy(a)gmail.com
host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [2607:f8b0:400e:c08::1b]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<embeddedlinuxguy(a)gmail.com>:
552-5.2.2 The email account that you tried to reach is over quota. Please direct
552-5.2.2 the recipient to
552 5.2.2 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=OverQuotaPerm y34si3775952pgk.91 - gsmtp
dale(a)skywriterhosting.com
Unrouteable address
melissa(a)ginormus.com
Unrouteable address
Reporting-MTA: dns; balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: rfc822;melissa(a)ginormus.com
Status: 5.0.0
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: rfc822;dale(a)skywriterhosting.com
Status: 5.0.0
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: rfc822;embeddedlinuxguy(a)gmail.com
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 552-5.2.2 The email account that you tried to reach is over quota. Please direct
552-5.2.2 the recipient to
552 5.2.2 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=OverQuotaPerm y34si3775952pgk.91 - gsmtp
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: rfc822;zen(a)pengaru.com
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; mail.pengaru.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [96.86.170.229] blocked using b.barracudacentral.org; http://www.barracudanetworks.com/reputation/?pr=1&ip=96.86.170.229
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: rfc822;luke(a)teyssier.com
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; mail.teyssier.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 The sending IP (96.86.170.229) is listed on https://spamrl.com/. Please resolve this and retry.
Action: failed
Final-Recipient: rfc822;jack(a)puppetlabs.com
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; aspmx.l.google.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
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Subject: Re: [BALUG-Talk] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a
LUG
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Ah, I recall times I participated in Installfest For The Schools, I
think these guys were involved...
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 2:37 AM Michael Paoli
<Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> Also replied to 'em off-list regarding Partimus and such.
>
> references/excerpts:
>
> > From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu>
> > To: "Cameron Abrams" <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com>, "Christian
> > Einfeldt" <christian(a)partimus.org>, "Grant Bowman"
> > <grant(a)partimus.org>, "James Howard" <james(a)partimus.org>
> > Cc: "Rick Moen" <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> > Subject: Re: Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
> > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:15:09 -0700
>
> > Cameron / Partimus folks, perhaps y'all ought connect. :-)
> >
> > I believe Partiums is (approximately?) based in(/around?) San Francisco,
> > and also does / has done work with some East Bay (Oakland, if I
> > recall correctly) school(s). I believe Grant is also out in East Bay,
> > East of Concord.
> >
> > Also including link to list of lists (of [L]UGs), in case that's
> > also useful.
> >
> > Thanks for reaching out and asking!
> >
> > http://www.partimus.org/
> > http://www.partimus.org/contact.php
> >
> > https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:bay_area_open_source_linu…
> >
> > references/excerpts:
> > http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/dvlug/2020q2/000608.html
> > http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/dvlug/2020q2/000609.html
> > https://groups.google.com/g/berkeleylug/c/Tr_WRg1STpI/m/qOZ_8bheCQAJ
> > https://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk/2020-June/000213.html
> >
> >> From: "Rick Moen" <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> >> To: dvlug(a)linuxmafia.com
> >> Subject: [dvlug] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
> >> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:02:25 -0700
> >
> >> ----- Forwarded message from Cameron Abrams
> >> <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com> -----
> >>
> >> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:28:39 -0700
> >> From: Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com>
>
>
> > From rick(a)linuxmafia.com Thu Jun 25 18:11:04 2020
> > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:10:49 -0700
> > From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com>
> > To: BALUG-Talk(a)lists.balug.org
> > Subject: [BALUG-Talk] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com> -----
> >
> > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:28:39 -0700
> > From: Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25(a)gmail.com>
> > To: dvlug-owner(a)linuxmafia.com
> > Subject: Do you take donations?
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am contacting you on behalf of the company I work for. We are located in
> > Concord, and are in the midst of a transition. We would like to get rid of
> > some older PCs we have replaced with newer ones, and we are in the midst of
> > wiping all of our hard drives. We were wondering if perhaps this was a
> > Linux group that took donations, as we would rather put the PCs to use than
> > scrap them as e-waste. If you do accept donations and would like to discuss
> > this matter further, or if you do not accept donations but do know of other
> > local groups that accept donations, please email me back.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Cameron
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
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