Friday, July 20, 2007
Email woes
Bunny signed up for my Obligatory Email Notification, and she reported that some of the notifications haven't gotten through. I check, and lo', there are some bounced emails sitting in my inbox:
- From
- MAILER-DAEMON@conman.org (Mail Delivery System)
- To
- sean@conman.org
- Subject
- Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
- Date
- Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:59:42 -0400 (EDT)
This is the Postfix program at host brevard.conman.org.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message.
The Postfix program
<XXXXXXXX@bellsouth.net>: host gateway-f1.isp.att.net[204.127.217.16] said: 550 [PERMFAIL] bellsouth.net requires valid sender domain {need mx} (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Hmmm … what's this? More bounced emails? To someone else who uses The Monopolistic Phone Company?
<XXXXXXXX@bellsouth.net>: host gateway-f1.isp.att.net[204.127.217.16]
said: 550 [PERMFAIL] bellsouth.net requires valid sender
domain {need mx} (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Hmmm … same host. Let's see what I get when I toss that host into Google:
Re: RR Notification Bounce
I think RR sent you an email notification (not a member).
bellsouth.netis having issues with reading RR's DNS. I do not know how to contact them. Maybe you could try. Their error message is shown below. No other ISP is having this problem with RR.RR sent you an email notification. Bellsouth replied back with the following:
<XXXXXXXX@bellsouth.net>: host gateway-f1.isp.att.net[204.127.217.16] said: 550 [PERMFAIL] bellsouth.net requires valid sender domain {need mx} (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Bellsouth had this same kind of problem a while back with Yahoo mail accounts. It took them a while to find and correct the problem but they finally did. It had something to do with a change made to the mail header by Bellsouth's server. If you are a Bellsouth customer, call and make a complaint. Until customers start complaining, they are not likely to work on the problem.
bellsouth.net bounced RR e-mail
Well … how about that? I'm not the only one having problems with The Monopolistic Phone Company.
But on the other hand, wouldn't Snape also know she's a Death Eater?
So, here's the THEORY: Minerva McGonagall is an amazing actress, but she's also deeply and passionately a Death Eater—probably even one of Voldemort's most trusted and loyal followers. As such, she sometimes shows her true colors. Considering her age, she could have known Voldemort during their school days. As a spy for the Death Eaters, it is her job to suck up to Dumbledore. But—unlike Snape—she is highly unwilling to do anything to help the Order. Perhaps she's bidding her time; perhaps she's foiling them more than we know.
So, let's get down to it. Let's painstakingly go through the books and watch McGonagall very carefully.
Minerva McGonagall is Evil: The Ultimate Essay
Having read all the books except the last one (which is just now coming out), I've never given Professor McGonagall much thought in the entire series, but this essay does lay out some good arguments for her being on the side of evil.
It's something to keep in mind …
