On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Dennis Olvany wrote:
Sounds too long-winded and personal, in my opinion. Instead of talking to the
person, I would talk about the e-mail. Short and sweet.
Hmmm, short and sweet, yes. But as that admin, I want to know the
IP and HELO of the offending MTA in case the mail ought to have passed
and I need to fix my SPF record. How about this:
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Subject: SPF softfail (POSSIBLE FORGERY)
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.
Delivery to the following recipients has been delayed.
whoever(_at_)domain(_dot_)tld
Subject: Visit our Pharmacy
Received-SPF: softfail (mail.bmsi.com: transitioning domain of
whale-mail.com does not designate %s as permitted sender)
client-ip=83.213.159.17;
envelope-from=ytbbjxjuoeffa(_at_)whale-mail(_dot_)com;
helo=TOPI-;
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The Received-SPF is gobbledygook to an end-user, but would be very
helpful if passed on to the mail admin.
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Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
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