Re: [gnu.org #248647] Re: [Savannah-help-public] [sr #104528] SMTP sender verification appears to have a too short timeout

[Joerg Wunsch]

As Royce Pereira wrote:

> So, in simple words- is the problem at my
> mail-server(smtp.mtnl.net.in) end, or at the nongnu.org end? Can
> anyone please explain to me in dumb language what caused this :) ?

Your (provider's?) mail server violates common Internet standards in
that it does not accept null sender addresses which are a required
part of the SMTP process (as they are needed to deliver `bounces').

Due to this, the sender verification used at mail.gnu.org failed, so
in effect the gnu.org relay did not accept any mail for you.

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