<br>[ Mailed to python-dev and python-list, as that should cover most of the users ;P ]<br><br>There was a slight disruption on <a href="http://mail.python.org">mail.python.org</a> this morning. For about three and a half hours, it was rejecting most of its mail with the message:
<br><br>Client host [....] blocked using <a href="http://singlehop.dsbl.org">singlehop.dsbl.org</a>; Your mail has been rejected because the server you are sending to is misconfigured.<br><br>The error means <a href="http://mail.python.org">
mail.python.org</a> was using <a href="http://singlehop.dsbl.org">singlehop.dsbl.org</a> as a DNSBL list, but that list doesn't exist, so it rejects all mail. Someone (not me :) added that blacklist at 08:15 local time (07:15 GMT) and I fixed it at 11:46 (10:46 GMT). Blame lingering PyCon-jetlag for me not catching it earlier, sorry. About 7759 mails were bounced, although a decent portion of them will have been actual spam (of which
<a href="http://python.org">python.org</a> gets massive amounts.) If you sent legitimate mail in that period, and got a bounce back with a message like the one above, it's safe to re-send it now.<br><br>Sorry for the inconvenience.
<br>-- <br>Thomas Wouters <<a href="mailto:thomas@python.org">thomas@python.org</a>><br><br>Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread!