H. Peter Anvin writes:
> Followup to: <5.1.0.14.2.20020208201734.038322c0@pop.cus.cam.ac.uk>
> By author: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Linus' email account appears to be full if we can believe this returned email:
> >
> > >Envelope-to: aia21@cus.cam.ac.uk
> > >To: aia21@cam.ac.uk
> > >From: Mail Administrator <Postmaster@transmet.com>
> > >Reply-To: Mail Administrator <Postmaster@transmet.com>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail
> > >Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:14:23 -0500
> > >
>
> You sent it to the wrong address, and apparently someone is being a
> "scalper" and trying to capture peoples misaddressed email.
>
> This is getting to be a very painful problems for a lot of
> organizations.
>
> -hpa
Actually, I suspect the situation is somewhat simpler. It is possible
transmet.com may only have one mailbox that everything funnels into.
Their mail is hosted by "registeredsite.com", which has a somewhat
invalid web presence (IP address = 10.0.0.1).
>From transmet.com's web site, the company appears to be manufacturer
of metal flakes, and does not appear to have a particularly large web
presence.
--David
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