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Alan

On Wednesday 20 March 2002 11:04 pm, you wrote:
> I don't know if anyone else uses the inputs/outputs.orbz.org filters for
> your mail server, but I ran into a little problem today with them.  For
> some reason, their site went down, even though you could ping it, it was
> down, and then I realized I wasn't getting any mail, after doing some
> research, I found out, it was blocking all the mails I was getting;
>
> Mar 20 22:50:42 stimpy sendmail[30156]: g2L5oget030156:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<dalnet@dal.net>, relay=dalnet@localhost
> [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1 <dalnet@dal.net>... Mail from 127.0.0.1
> refused by blackhole site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:50:42 stimpy sendmail[30156]: g2L5ogev030156:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<dalnet@stimpy.nerdie.org>,
> relay=dalnet@localhost [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1
> <dalnet@stimpy.nerdie.org>... Mail from 127.0.0.1 refused by blackhole
> site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:50:42 stimpy sendmail[30156]: g2L5ogex030156:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<postmaster@stimpy.nerdie.org>,
> relay=dalnet@localhost [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1
> <postmaster@stimpy.nerdie.org>... Mail from 127.0.0.1 refused by blackhole
> site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:51:57 stimpy sendmail[30180]: g2L5pvet030180:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<dalnet@stimpy.nerdie.org>,
> relay=dalnet@localhost [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1
> <dalnet@stimpy.nerdie.org>... Mail from 127.0.0.1 refused by blackhole
> site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:51:57 stimpy sendmail[30180]: g2L5pvev030180:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<dalnet@stimpy.nerdie.org>,
> relay=dalnet@localhost [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1
> <dalnet@stimpy.nerdie.org>... Mail from 127.0.0.1 refused by blackhole
> site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:51:57 stimpy sendmail[30180]: g2L5pvex030180:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<postmaster@stimpy.nerdie.org>,
> relay=dalnet@localhost [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1
> <postmaster@stimpy.nerdie.org>... Mail from 127.0.0.1 refused by blackhole
> site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:53:05 stimpy sendmail[30196]: g2L5r2et030196:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<root@nerdie.org>, relay=lakemtao03.cox.net
> [68.1.17.242], reject=550 5.7.1 <root@nerdie.org>... Mail from 68.1.17.242
> refused by blackhole site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:53:10 stimpy sendmail[30199]: g2L5rAet030199:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<tyler@tylerhall.net>, relay=lakemtao03.cox.net
> [68.1.17.242], reject=550 5.7.1 <tyler@tylerhall.net>... Mail from
> 68.1.17.242 refused by blackhole site inputs.orbz.org
> Mar 20 22:56:15 stimpy sendmail[30228]: g2L5uFlO030228:
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<root@nerdie.org>,
>
> So, I'm wondering, if the site is down, does the filter freak out and
> block everything, or what?  Such failover service..
>
> Did anyone else run into this problem tonight?
>
>
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>
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