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dra007
My department administrator informed me today that my e-mail from him, to an address automatically forwarded to my spamcop e-mail was bounced back to him with a note from spamcop, <<something about time stamp not being correct>> he said...,<<bounced twice>>, he said

So how does that really work? I did get the e-mail in question...Does spamcop bounce any forwarded e-mail that has suspicious content and prevent it from ever reaching the webmail INBOX? Or does it bounce and retain, is suspicious e-mail reported automatically? See my earlier post about not being able to report some spam...
dra007
I see no one has been able to come up with an answer. Now my own daughter is complaining about getting my e-mail bounced. She is deffinitely whitelisted and in my address book.

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My mail's not getting to you-
StevenUnderwood
As far as I know mail is not bounced from the spamcop servers, at least for being spam.

We would need to see the actual bounce message to determine why a message bounced. It would also be nice to have the headers of the bounce to confim where the bounce was send from as well, but usually not necessary.
dra007
Thanks Steven, I can ask for a copy, no guaranty it would not be rejected...
dra007
Now my girlfriend had a bounce, asked her to forward me, here it is:

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----- Original Message -----
From: <MAILER-DAEMON[at]blade4.cesmail.net>
To: <*@verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 11:42 AM
Subject: failure notice


> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at blade4.cesmail.net.
> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
addresses.
> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
>
> < ph34r.gif @spamcop.net>:
> This message is looping: it already has my Delivered-To line. (#5.4.6)
>
> --- Below this line is a copy of the message.
>
> Return-Path: < *@verizon.net>
> Received: (qmail 26049 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2004 15:42:05 -0000
> Received: from unknown (HELO c60.cesmail.net) (192.168.1.105)
> by blade4.cesmail.net with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 15:42:05 -0000
> Received: from mailgate.cesmail.net (216.154.195.36)
> by c60.cesmail.net with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 11:42:00 -0400
> Received: (qmail 27482 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2004 15:41:59 -0000
> Received: from unknown (HELO mailgate.cesmail.net) (192.168.1.101)
> by mailgate.cesmail.net with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 15:41:59 -0000
> X-Original-To:  ^ @*.pitt.edu
> Delivered-To:  ^ @*.pitt.edu
> Received: from mail.*.net [209.166.161.229]
> by mailgate.cesmail.net with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.1)
> for  ph34r.gif @spamcop.net (single-drop); Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:41:59 -0400
(EDT)
> Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
> by smtp-ext-01-priv.mx.pitdc1.*.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id
EC71A148262
> for < ^@*.pitt.edu>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:31:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from smtp-ext-01.mx.pitdc1.*.net ([127.0.0.1])
>  by localhost (smtp-ext-01 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with
LMTP
>  id 19979-01-37 for < ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu>;
>  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:31:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from c60.cesmail.net (c60.cesmail.net [216.154.195.49])
> by smtp-ext-01.mx.pitdc1.*.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F276B134C1C
> for < ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:31:16 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from unknown (HELO blade6.cesmail.net) (192.168.1.216)
> by c60.cesmail.net with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 11:31:17 -0400
> Received: (qmail 9425 invoked by uid 1010); 25 Apr 2004 15:31:16 -0000
> Delivered-To: spamcop-net- ^ @spamcop.net
> Received: (qmail 9395 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2004 15:31:14 -0000
> Received: from unknown (HELO c60.cesmail.net) (192.168.1.105)
> by blade6.cesmail.net with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 15:31:14 -0000
> Received: from mailgate.cesmail.net (216.154.195.36)
> by c60.cesmail.net with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 11:31:15 -0400
> Received: (qmail 32262 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2004 15:31:14 -0000
> Received: from unknown (HELO mailgate.cesmail.net) (192.168.1.101)
> by mailgate.cesmail.net with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 15:31:14 -0000
> X-Original-To:  ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu
> Delivered-To:  ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu
> Received: from mail.stargate.net [209.166.161.229]
> by mailgate.cesmail.net with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.1)
> for  ph34r.gif @spamcop.net (single-drop); Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:31:14 -0400
(EDT)
> Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
> by smtp-ext-03-priv.mx.pitdc1.*.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id
08D5D528C4
> for < ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:25:49 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from smtp-ext-03.mx.pitdc1.*.net ([127.0.0.1])
>  by localhost (smtp-ext-03 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with
LMTP
>  id 14572-01-44 for < ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu>;
>  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:25:48 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from mb2i1.ns.pitt.edu (mb2i1.ns.pitt.edu [136.142.185.162])
> by smtp-ext-03.mx.pitdc1.*.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 455BA52EF6
> for < ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:25:48 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by pitt.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #41462)
>  id <01L9CG8IHAUO00ANRN[at]mb2i1.ns.pitt.edu> for  ph34r.gif @*.pitt.edu
>  (ORCPT rfc822; ph34r.gif @pitt.edu); Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:28:56 EDT
> Received: from psmtp.com ([12.158.38.175]) by pitt.edu (PMDF V5.2-32
#41462)
>  with SMTP id <01L9CG8H7NBU0040KB[at]mb2i1.ns.pitt.edu> for
ads5[at]stargate.pitt.edu
>  (ORCPT rfc822; ph34r.gif @pitt.edu); Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:28:55 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from source ([206.46.170.140]) by exprod7mx35.postini.com
>  ([12.158.38.251]) with SMTP; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:28:54 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from  tongue.gif  ([141.158.138.168])
>  by out001.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06
201-253-122-130-106-20030910)
>  with ESMTP id <20040425152847.IWXO1464.out001.verizon.net@ tongue.gif > for
>  < ph34r.gif @pitt.edu>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:28:47 -0500
> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:28:50 -0400
> From: Bonita < sad.gif @verizon.net>
> Subject: Fw: Bubba and Jimmy Joe
> To:  unsure.gif  < ph34r.gif @pitt.edu>
> Message-id: <018901c42ada$032d8b10$2f01a8c0[at]Bonita>
> MIME-version: 1.0
> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000
> Content-type: multipart/related;
>  boundary="Boundary_(ID_14xkHclpbV104jyV4bUA6Q)";
type="multipart/alternative"
> X-Priority: 3
> X-MSMail-priority: Normal
> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net
from
>  [141.158.138.168] at Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:28:45 -0500
> X-SpamCop-Checked: 192.168.1.105 216.154.195.36 192.168.1.101
209.166.161.229 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 136.142.185.162 12.158.38.175
206.46.170.140 12.158.38.251 141.158.138.168 5.1.6.6
> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.*.net
> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on blade4
> X-Spam-Level:
> X-Spam-Status: hits=0.5 tests=HTML_60_70,HTML_FONTCOLOR_BLUE,
> HTML_FONTCOLOR_RED,HTML_FONTCOLOR_UNSAFE,HTML_FONT_BIG,HTML_MESSAGE
> version=2.63
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
> --Boundary_(ID_14xkHclpbV104jyV4bUA6Q)
> Content-type: multipart/alternative;
>  boundary="Boundary_(ID_j/DBX08k5uFduFm9kA5Ipg)"
>
>
> --Boundary_(ID_j/DBX08k5uFduFm9kA5Ipg)
> Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable
>


looks like a loop, but the message should have been retained on one of the servers...
StevenUnderwood
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looks like a loop, but the message should have been retained on one of the servers...


Which server (IP Address since most of the email addresses are munged) do you expect the messages to be held at?

What is your email configuration? Do you have all of your pitt.edu messages forwarded to spamcop? Do you then forward to another address or retrieve the messages from spamcop?

If you forward from spamcop, you should be forwarding to an account that is NOT protected by spamcop, otherwise a loop is created.

If a single message gets forwarded through spamcop more than once, it can be deleted by the server becuase of looping issues. I had this problem when I was having difficulties with my ISP and I forwarded several old messages back to my spamcop addres and they were all dropped because of the apparent loop.
dra007
OK, that's what I thought was happening, yes I have one that cannot forward to spamcop, but that is the one that gets most spam...I will try, thanks again.

PS. I had it forwarded to a pop account which I also checked on spamcop. Though the pop log from spamcop was not frequent enough to cause a problem and it would be left on that server....As of now, the only thing left there is spam marked as such by that server and moved automatically to a spam folder. So I don't see INBOX there unless I happen to be logged on when it arrives.
StevenUnderwood
Goo. Sounds like you have it figured out.

Bottom line is try to follow the trail any message will follow. If it hits spamcops servers twice, there will be problems.
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