Replies to apply@dmoz.org result in permanent fatal errors

thehill · Oct 9, 2009

Hi

Me again, I had to re-apply and confirm a question asked by the reviewer.

I have re-applied but am still getting error messages, could you check you have received my re-application again?

editor name: thehill
email key: opendir - 7716d9847c00d9c64c530881cafe5178

Thanks
Peter

jimnoble · Oct 9, 2009

Not yet. Please keep trying at intervals until you get a more sensible response (That's all that we do).

thehill · Oct 9, 2009

Im at 25 attempts

cstevens · Oct 9, 2009

Application Status after undeliverable email

On sept 27 I submitted an application (1e2c6601c513ac64f63dd8feb5ba0008)

I replied to the email to verify my address. The email was bounced back. I came here and read a bunch of other posts about people having the same issue however, in their case(s) the applications were received successfully.

I didn't bother posting and just assumed that it was successfully received.

I really don't know how long this is supposed to take and I know I am not allowed to post until 14 days after my application but I cannot help but wonder if my application was not received.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Champ.

Elper · Oct 11, 2009

cstevens - I could not find a trace of your application; I'm sorry but I think you'll have to start over. (please keep a copy just in case, and also let us know promptly if you get a mail error again)

thehill - I'm looking into your attempt to break the denied mail record

Just to add, in case it isn't clear from all the above, all the volunteer editors get just as frustrated and annoyed as the victims when there is an ongoing issue like this one...

Elper · Oct 11, 2009

thehill - the 30th try succeeded, your application is queued normally

Mortormow · Oct 11, 2009

Cofirmation e-mail bounced?

Hello
I just applied with an application to become an editor and I clicked on reply and I got a notice of the e-mail bouncing.

Here is what was in it.

To complete your application process, please reply to this message.
This will confirm that we have your correct email address.

Do not change the Subject: line -- it contains your registration key.

I did not change the subject line and just clicked on reply and I got a bounced e-mail back. Not sure why this would happen. My e-mail address is a domain e-mail account with Gmail Business.

Can somebody give me advice on how to confirm my e-mail address please.

I have been checking out this forum a bit better and my problem is systemic. Everybody gets bouncing e-mails. At least for the past 2 years from what I can see.

So if you are new here and see this e-mail don't complain about bouncing e-mails like I did, the problem never goes away.

Solved my own question.

makrhod · Oct 11, 2009

the problem never goes away

It has been reported many times to AOL, but until they choose to fix it, there is nothing any of us can do. Sorry.

I have merged your thread into the existing one about the same problem, because all of the foregoing responses and suggested solutions are still valid.

Zackoo · Oct 11, 2009

Same error message, can anybody confirm that my application was received please.

Hello,

I have read the above posts and I guess its a common error but I just want to make sure that my application was received and confirmed.

here are my details, thank you.

opendir - 49f676b9c5f7954d59c2c02a695b5026

Name : Zack Zain
user name : zacko
Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:53:13 -0400

** ATTENTION ***

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail
administrator.

--AOL Postmaster

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<apply@dmoz.org>
(reason: 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to editors.dmoz.org.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
550 5.1.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... User unknown
<<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; apply@dmoz.org
Action: failed
Status: 5.7.1
Remote-MTA: DNS; editors.dmoz.org
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:53:13 -0400

jennienina · Oct 12, 2009

replying to apply@dmoz.org is failing

I am having the same problem.

I tried "info@dmoz.org" and it hasn't bounced back yet.

Here is my key:

Here is my error:
The original message was received at Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:13:13 -0400
from web7.zone53.net [204.14.3.162]

*** ATTENTION ***

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail
administrator.

--AOL Postmaster

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<apply@dmoz.org>
(reason: 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to editors.dmoz.org.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
550 5.1.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... User unknown
<<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; apply@dmoz.org
Action: failed
Status: 5.7.1
Remote-MTA: DNS; editors.dmoz.org
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:13:16 -0400

opendir - 24d5d9ec3ea44caad6e66572ee3888f8

jimnoble · Oct 12, 2009

Please keep trying at intervals until you get a more sensible response (That's all that we do).

Elper · Oct 12, 2009

Both jennienina and Zackoo are now queued normally, thanks.

Just to add that success is best measured by any response other than a mail error - if the machine can't find the ticket, it's because a previous attempt actually worked.

calvin8888 · Oct 14, 2009

Email confirmation relay denied

Hi,
Unfortunately I am also getting one of those relay deny email when I try to confirm my email address to be an editor.

Name: Calvin Cheng
Display/User Name: calvin8888
Email subject line: opendir - 8d80559d186dfd21dbced781054c17b7

I tried replying back several times to the email I received, but still no luck.

How will I know if my application has been received?

Thanks in advanced,
Calvin Cheng

calvin8888 · Oct 14, 2009

Hi,
Please disregard my previous post/reply regarding the RELAYING DENIED email I received back. I was successful after the 7th reply. (C=

Regards,
Calvin Cheng

jimnoble · Oct 15, 2009

nitindesai · Oct 16, 2009

Error when i reply to the confirmation email

I get the following error when i reply to the confirmation email:

opendir - c72bad37ebdbb7d16ea3a05b2d60fce2

The original message was received at Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:51:44 -0400
from mail-vw0-f203.google.com [209.85.212.203]

*** ATTENTION ***

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail
administrator.

--AOL Postmaster

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<apply@dmoz.org>
(reason: 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to editors.dmoz.org.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
550 5.1.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... User unknown
<<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; apply@dmoz.org
Action: failed
Status: 5.7.1
Remote-MTA: DNS; editors.dmoz.org
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:52:01 -0400

Can someone please confirm and let me know whether everything is alright and my application has gone through?. Waiting for your reply.

Regards,
Nitin Desai.

Elper · Oct 17, 2009

Hi nitindesai - Sorry about that, it's a persistent server error we have... Your application did make it, and is queued normally.

nicolaslaruelle · Oct 19, 2009

I receive this error with my e-mail confirmation (after my editor subscription), register Key : RE : opendir - e3b31019f13fedbdddf67e5064552c82

Code:

The original message was received at Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:51:42 -0400
from mail-ew0-f208.google.com [209.85.219.208]


*** ATTENTION ***

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery.  The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered.  The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail
administrator.

--AOL Postmaster



----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<apply@dmoz.org>
(reason: 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to editors.dmoz.org.:
>>> >>> DATA
<<< 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
550 5.1.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... User unknown
<<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient)



Reporting-MTA: dns; rly-mb06.mx.aol.com
Arrival-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:51:42 -0400

Final-Recipient: RFC822; apply@dmoz.org
Action: failed
Status: 5.7.1
Remote-MTA: DNS; editors.dmoz.org
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:51:58 -0400



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Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so2177909ewy.37
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(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5);
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Message-ID: <xxxxED7B.xxxx101@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:51:39 +0200
From: xxxx xxxx <xxxxx@gmail.com>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: =?UTF-8?B?UG9zdHVsYXRpb24gw6AgbCdPcGVuIERpcmVjdG9yeQ==?=
<apply@dmoz.org>
Subject: Re: opendir - e3b31019f13fedbdddf67e5064552c82
References: <200910192246.n9JMkEb7020926@core-n02.dmoz.aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <200910192246.n9JMkEb7020926@core-n02.dmoz.aol.com>
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Can you help me ?

Thank a lot

thouvou · Oct 21, 2009

apply@dmoz.org doesn't work

when replying to the automated verification email from "Open Directory Application" (apply@dmoz.org) the message fails to be delivered with errors like "User unknown" and "Relaying denied". I applied with username 'thouvou'.

See transcript below:

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<apply@dmoz.org>
(reason: 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to editors.dmoz.org.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied
550 5.1.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... User unknown
<<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient)

thouvou · Oct 21, 2009

I have the same problem with my applilcation:

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<apply@dmoz.org>
(reason: 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied)

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