Popularity Contest: (Dapper) bouncing mail

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> Brian Fahrlander wrote:
>> 
>>    After all the conversations about Popularity Contest last week, and
>> thinking how many times packages I use aren't represented, I turned on
>> PopCon.
>> 
>>     But there's something wrong, with mails getting sent back; for some
>> reason with
>> 
>> <popcon at ubuntu.com>: host fiordland.ubuntu.com[82.211.81.145] said: 450
>>     <root at altavista.local>: Sender address rejected: Domain not found
>> (in reply to RCPT TO command)
> 
> It looks like either popcon's mail server is screwed up (possible since
> the website is), or your domain's blacklisted (possible?)
> 
Actually, it looks like it's rejecting domains that can't be found in DNS. 
Seems a little unnecessary - why would they feel that I _must_ give them a
valid email address?  It makes me a little less confident of their promises
to not misuse any information they collect.
-- 
derek