Return-Path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.233] verified) by mail.stalker.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.4t) with ESMTP id 36974971 for SIMS@mail.stalker.com; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:58:19 -0700 Received-SPF: pass receiver=mail.stalker.com; client-ip=66.249.82.233; envelope-from=cyberthorn@gmail.com Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t14so1867675wxc for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:56:56 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer:sender; b=rmzVNRuCutvsP7OjUdlDv9XCuf0pGf/6MhVOFVMifysev+uCHYOwQjtQTFEjXD4VqpM9WPhbaum1AAnO4AgzaGYp/7Cg2Tkp+DmalxO217M5aHMNDnoUdqlQYtQcNpQrqdvWv4jiRSEwCbv/c1pkBs+y4wmvNLM6aHRvWCPsFK4= Received: by 10.70.59.9 with SMTP id h9mr8410052wxa; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from ?10.0.1.8? ( [216.15.102.162]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i15sm2448102wxd.2006.09.12.07.56.56; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Timothy Binder Subject: Re: 550 error and ECM2 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:56:52 -0400 To: "SIMS Discussions" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sender: Timothy Binder On Sep 12, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Warren Michelsen wrote: > At 6:34 AM -0500 9/12/06, Bob Smith sent email regarding 550 error > and ECM2: >> >> What exactly causes a 550 error? Is it something specific or is >> this one of those errors that might mean any of a number things? > > The info is in the bounce message: > >> >> ***************************************** >> Failed to deliver your message to bob@imagetexas.com: >> SMTP: Address rejected by host >> Host 'sam.accurateimage.org' says: >> 550 Sender verify failed > > sam.accurateimage.org is the ECM2 box, correct? It rejected the > sender. Probably one of its anti-spam settings. Whatever address > you sent it from was rejected. This sounds about right, as a guess. If the email you are sending claims to be from a domain ECM2 is hosting, it is probably rejecting it as a forgery -- unless you are sending it with SMTP authentication. Just a guess, but I suspect I'm right.