GMail and Sourceforge E-mail Bouncing Saga

An anonymous reader writes "All e-mail going back and forth from Sourceforge and Gmail is being bounced. This leaves many Open Source projects with helpless mailing lists. Fortunately, Sourceforge blames Google and Google is blaming SourceForge for this. The Sourceforge support site is clogged with support requests for a resolution to this problem. Google's response to this bouncing has been automated e-mails saying it is probably at the other end of mail delivery. This is something that the community needs to know about since it has been going on for a week already with no end in sight." Worth noting that Sourceforge and Slashdot are both part of OSTG. Update 20:07 GMT by SM: According to SourceForge support staff this issue is now resolved. Apparently a few days ago the sender-verify to gmail started resulting in 450 errors. Google has since either corrected this issue or whitelisted SourceForge and several tests of the system have resulted in correct delivery.

Comments

Sourforge?

[eldavojohn]

Worth noting that Sourforge and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.

After all the great software I've found on there, I'd call it sweetforge.

Re:Sourforge?

[Anonymous Coward]

After all the great software I've found on there

Yes, it's so useful to have a choice of 13,237 window managers. Linux just won't be ready for the desktop until we have at least 187,467 window managers, each using its own widget-libraries.

Loss of communication can only mean one thing...

[photozz]

Invasion.

Re:Loss of communication can only mean one thing..

[Anonymous Coward]

I for one welcome our new e-mail bouncing, blame placing, invading overlords!

Umm

[nizo]

Fortunately, Sourceforge blames Google and Google is blaming SourceForge for this.

I don't think that word means what you think it means. Unless you are glad that no one is willing to take responsibility for the problem and fix it???

Re:Umm

[Anonymous Coward]

Hello, I'm sarcasm, I don't believe we've met before.

Re:Umm

[Ravensfire]

I think you need to turn on your Sarcasm Detector (TM)(Patent Pending).

-- Ravensfire

Re:Umm

[onion2k]

A sarcasm detector? Like that'd be useful.

Re:Umm

[narzy]

I would find such a device highly useful. I am one of many people who find it hard to differentiate sarcasm from strait forward conver...wait a minute...

Re:Umm

[houghi]

A sarcasm detector? Like that'd be useful.

I think it would, because many people don't recognize it when they see it.

Re:Umm

[Anonymous Coward]

Hello, I'm sarcasm, I don't believe we've met before.

Hello, I'm a lame joke. I spend a lot of time at Slashdot.

Re:Umm

[Lurker187]

But this is /., so what we really need is a device that detects a LACK of sarcasm. After all, you don't want to spend your whole gadget budget on batteries, do you?

Re:Umm

[DCstewieG]

You seem to hang out here a lot. Maybe you should register.

I don't see the problem...

[Anonymous Coward]

...you all have the source code, and the developers do not consider this a priority, so feel free to solve your problem and post a patch

eh

[erikdotla]

Troubleshooting IT on message boards involving the public is a highly effective way to get things done.

Allow me to start. *ahem*

WHY is SourceForge even using SMTP????!!!

Re:eh

[einhverfr]

Because X.400 isn't as widely accepted yet ;-)

What we REALLY need is a full OSI protocol stack build on top of TCP/IP so we can use all the wonderful features of X.400, X.500 (instead of messy LDAP), and so forth!

Re:eh

[idontgno]

Because X.400 isn't at all accepted, anywhere, and never was ;-)

There, corrected that typo for you.

Open Source vs. Google

[patio11]

Who is the Slashdotter to root for? Hmm... I know, third option! It is Microsoft's fault!

Re:Loss of communication can only mean one thing..

[garcia]

They don't have a "+1 Nerd Movie Quotes" mod, sorry. :)

Google's Answer if they find it is them...

[tecker]

Original Response:

Google's response to this bouncing has been automated e-mails saying it is probably at the other end of mail delivery.

New Response:
"Well Gmail is still in beta so don't blame us."

Re:Loss of communication can only mean one thing..

[roger6106]

Since all email is being bounced does this mean that it is an endless snowball effect with more and more emails being bounced back and forth?

Who will have the last server standing? Google or Sourceforge?

Re:Loss of communication can only mean one thing..

[bobtheinsanecow]

In Soviet Russia the emails... arrrhhg!a;ughvo89hg804oithj9p0

Re:Loss of communication can only mean one thing..

[X0563511]

no... Yahoo!

Re:Not Google's only screwup

[Anonymous Coward]

You're a moron. Go post on some other site.

Re:Umm - Oblig. Reply

[just_another_sean]

Lisa: Dad, do you know what Schadenfreude is?

Homer: No, I do not know what shaden-frawde is. [sarcasm] Please tell me, because I'm dying to know.

Lisa: It's a German term for `shameful joy', taking pleasure in the suffering of others.

Homer: Oh, come on Lisa. I'm just glad to see him fall flat on his butt! [getting mad] He's usually all happy and comfortable, and surrounded by loved ones, and it makes me feel... What's the opposite of that shameful joy thing of yours?

Lisa: [nastily] Sour grapes.

Homer: Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!

Re:Not Google's only screwup

[bstempi]

Google AsSense

So, is that Google's way of diagnosing hemroids, or of helping you find gay blind dates?

Re:well this looks clear as mud

[Anonymous Coward]

Perhaps all RFC's shoudl work like this, I mean shit, I can make a whole busienss model out of programminn things that, while not 'technically' correct, seem to work.

Leave Internet Explorer out of this...

Re:well this looks clear as mud

[EvilGrin666]

Perhaps all RFC's shoudl work like this, I mean shit, I can make a whole busienss model out of programminn things that, while not 'technically' correct, seem to work.

Sounds like Microsofts business model. :)

Re:Loss of communication can only mean one thing..

[caseydk]

Hmm... take down one of the biggest Open Source Software repositories and the biggest search engine?

This must be the work of Microsoft!

Now how can we fit Haliburton into this?

Re:its most likely sourceforge thats at fault

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, it's some full grown adults in a basement then.