The Drupal mail server is not configured to provide a valid return address (SMTP "MAIL FROM"). To wit, headers from the message I received from Drupal.org:

Return-Path: <apache@localhost.localhost>
X-Original-To: email@pbryan.net
Delivered-To: pbryan@creatia.net
Received: from localhost (drupal1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.61]) by
        creatia.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AF133FC005 for <email@pbryan.net>;
        Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:42:16 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 81) id 70F5B62889D; Fri, 26
        Aug 2005 12:33:35 -0700 (PDT)
To: email@pbryan.net
Subject: Replacement login information for pbryan at drupal.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-transfer-encoding: 8Bit
From: info@drupal.org
Reply-To: info@drupal.org
X-Mailer: Drupal
Errors-To: info@drupal.org
Message-Id: <20050826193335.70F5B62889D@localhost>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:33:35 -0700 (PDT)

The Return-Path of <apache@localhost.localhost> is not a valid address, and has no valid domain. Mail servers that validate incoming mail based on such criteria will reject the message as invalid.

Is it possible to configure the web server to provide a valid return path?

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pbryan’s picture

pbryan commented

Also posted as comment in Drupal.org Infrastructure forum:
http://drupal.org/node/29759

sepeck’s picture

sepeck commented

the forum post was not necessary. The server was just moved. KJ will take care of this in the next day or two. More stuff needs to be done during the transfers.

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sepeck commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Just tested, and it appears to be fixed.
New messages are sent from info@drupal.org

pbryan’s picture

pbryan commented

It does deliver mail correctly, though the return path is another email address: apache@drupal.org. Mail headers from recent password reset:

Return-Path: <apache@drupal.org>
X-Original-To: email@pbryan.net
Delivered-To: pbryan@creatia.net
Received: from ns1.osuosl.org (ns1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.130]) by
        creatia.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B08883FC005 for <email@pbryan.net>;
        Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:39:40 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by
        ns1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB7BBF636 for <email@pbryan.net>;
        Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from ns1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ns1.osuosl.org
        [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06062-92 for
        <email@pbryan.net>; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from www.drupal.org (drupal1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.61]) by
        ns1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695BCBF635 for <email@pbryan.net>;
        Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by www.drupal.org (Postfix, from userid 81) id 67AAD6281ED; Tue,
        30 Aug 2005 07:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
To: email@pbryan.net
Subject: Replacement login information for pbryan at drupal.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-transfer-encoding: 8Bit
From: info@drupal.org
Reply-To: info@drupal.org
X-Mailer: Drupal
Errors-To: info@drupal.org
Message-Id: <20050830140911.67AAD6281ED@www.drupal.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at osuosl.org
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 tagged_above=-999.0 required=5.0
        tests=NO_REAL_NAME
X-Spam-Level:

As long as apache@drupal.org is a valid address, email will pass sender validation tests. As Errors-To points to info@drupal.org, I think the return path should probably match.

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)