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

Application email is not working. Rejects verification emails.

Hello,

I see some other people were having the same problem. I just wanted to let you know I have applied as an editor for the Console Gaming: News & Reviews section. My application was submitted; however, I can not respond the the verification email. I get a failed delivery notice.

My application number: opendir - 75010e777da34e8879762379532645ad

Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you.

Here is a copy of the error:

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-me08.mx.aol.com
Arrival-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:17 -0500

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: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:25 -0500
Received: () by rly-me08.mx.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINME088-9d44b0e05fcd5; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:17 -0500
Received: (qmail 1717 invoked by uid 0); 26 Nov 2009 04:37:16 -0000
Received: from unknown () (74.220.219.69)
by with SMTP; 26 Nov 2009 04:37:16 -0000
DomainKey-Signature: ;
h=Received:Message-Id:From:To:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subjectate:References:X-Mailer:X-Identified-User;
b=edKXhtAlFg1BrtrPhSHlRIF3TrhdKxfNsuViFAmL1z2GpCb7S5iabOBpRhMD/cjiWCmLI4/X4rO9RijOAaBdlu0qRC3d2HrG0cyMtRwr4gHHrJ0st4bKLw0S11KlvuPZ;
Received: from [174.1.103.26] (helo=[192.168.1.101])
by
(Exim)
(envelope-from <>)
id 1NDW6W-00028y-AD
for apply@dmoz.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:37:16 -0700
Message-Id:
From:
To: apply@dmoz.org (Open Directory Application)
In-Reply-To: <200911260436.nAQ4abJa014416@core-n02.dmoz.aol.com>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-32--417322520
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936)
Subject: Re: opendir - 75010e777da34e8879762379532645ad
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:37:15 -0800
References: <200911260436.nAQ4abJa014416@core-n02.dmoz.aol.com>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936)
X-Identified-User:
X-AOL-IP: 67.222.54.251
X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE:0:2:443400544:93952408
X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT:0

Unfortunately we are all waiting for AOL to get around to fixing this. In the meantime, see the solutions posted above. Thanks.

cobrown, your application was approved, welcome to the ODP.
Corey Rollins your application is now queued normally

Of course, 2 seconds after I post here, I get a confirmation that it was received Sorry, please ignore.



opendir - 42271a07a1cd8449788183405e88a0f3

I've tried from 2 different email addresses, my own and a friend's, but same error several times. Can someone check to see if I got queued? Thanks.

P

The email confirmation ticket number means nothing to us humans. Perhaps you could tell us the proposed editor name and the category?

Application Process Failure Bypass in Gmail

For those of you who are applying via GMail, I was able to successfully bypass the relay failure by simply creating a new e-mail, setting apply@dmoz.org as the recipient, pasting my opendir code in the subject line and putting some text explaining that I was manually sending this. A few moments later, I got the application received e-mail. I hope this helps someone.

Hello Moderators,

I 've applied to become an editor at ODP but the registration confirmation email returned.

Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/Indian/Malayalam/
Username: Vimeshkumar
I got the message that an email will be send soon and reply to that. While replying to the email as the above guys had faced already, me too got the same error.

"
INSTRUCTIONS - please read and follow carefully.

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.

"

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I Replied without changing the subject and Just by saying a thanks.

But the mail bounced back to me.

The original message was received at Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:36:06 -0500
from bay0-omc4-s15.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.190.217]


*** 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)



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Received: from bay0-omc4-s15.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc4-s15.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.190.217]) by rly-ma03.mx.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMA038-89e4b110b263c0; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:36:06 -0500
Received: from BAY120-DS5 ([65.54.190.199]) by bay0-omc4-s15.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959);
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:36:05 -0800

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Please do tell me whether you 've received my application.
Thanks
Vimeshkumar

Hi Vimeshkumar, as mentioned earlier, you have to resend the mail (the subject line is all that matters) as often as necessary to get a reply other than "Relaying Denied" - if you want us to try for you, please post the subject line (starts with "opendir" ). Sorry for the inconvenience

Elper said:

cobrown, your application was approved, welcome to the ODP.
Corey Rollins your application is now queued normally

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Thanks for the fast reply! Look forward to hearing from your team.

~Corey

Elper said:

Hi Vimeshkumar, as mentioned earlier, you have to resend the mail (the subject line is all that matters) as often as necessary to get a reply other than "Relaying Denied" - if you want us to try for you, please post the subject line (starts with "opendir" ). Sorry for the inconvenience

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Thank you very much!! I am trying to resend it again..

This is the subject code - opendir - 5f2860c3eb0fea68115dcbcab7c110da

Update: It's bounced back again. --AOL Postmaster

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----

Elper said:

Hi Vimeshkumar, as mentioned earlier, you have to resend the mail (the subject line is all that matters) as often as necessary to get a reply other than "Relaying Denied" - if you want us to try for you, please post the subject line (starts with "opendir" ). Sorry for the inconvenience

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Sir,

I've tried today also. But the same result. Could you please help me knowing my application status with the subject code?

Thanks.

Please keep trying at intervals until you get a more sensible response. That's all that we could do. I think the worst case took around 20 attempts but most succeed with fewer than that.

jimnoble said:

Please keep trying at intervals until you get a more sensible response. That's all that we could do. I think the worst case took around 20 attempts but most succeed with fewer than that.

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Sir,

Thank you very much. I just gave a try again and I think it has worked.
Now got a reply from daemon@dmoz.org

Thanks for applying to become an editor!

You will receive a reply as soon as your application
has been reviewed. If you have questions, please
visit the public forums at

http://resource-zone.com/

to talk with one of our volunteers.

isn't this the reply I should expect? thanks for confirming.

Yes, that's the correct reply

Hi,

I just found this forum thread, signed up and decided to post this message as I have the same problem with the confirmation email I see many others had when applying to become an editor.

I've tried several times to reply to the confirmation/activation email (even creating a new email and pasting in the data/subject) but each time the email is returned with a fatal error (reason: 550 5.7.1 <apply@dmoz.org>... Relaying denied).

I have made sure the subject is the same with the registration key but still have had no luck.

If someone could kindly help me with this issue I would really appreciate it!

Here are my details:
Editor Name: Sean Gallagher
User: gallaghersean
Category: http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_.../Pennsylvania/Health/Alternative/Chiropractic
Registration key: opendir - 67d5f6d042e1ccc51ce9eeb2cb61d74b

Thank you in advance for your help and I'm looking forward to becoming an editor!

Hi gallaghersean - Sorry about that, a continuing server glitch of ours. Your application is now queued normally.

Elper said:

Hi gallaghersean - Sorry about that, a continuing server glitch of ours. Your application is now queued normally.

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Great! Thank you so much for helping on this. This means I don't need to do the whole email reply/confirm thing right? I just wait to hear back about my application, correct?

Elper said:

Yes, that's the correct reply

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Sir,

could you please tell me the approximate time required to get a response. Or is it also just like the link submissions? I mean - will it take a long time to review?

One more doubt is - in case of rejection will there be any responses?

Thanks for your time.

At the moment, there are no outstanding applications older than about a month. In the English language categories, there are none older than 18 days.

On the other hand, some are processed within the hour .

I just wait to hear back about my application, correct?

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Yes, that's right. You should receive an email when it's reviewed.