Re: [mailop] indra.net still down

2024-04-10 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
. 3600 IN MX 10 smtp.indra.com, LookupServer 549ms On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 10:48 AM Marco Moock wrote: > Am Wed, 10 Apr 2024 07:14:41 -0700 > schrieb Russell Clemings via mailop : > > > There was an outage starting Sunday on indra.net and although they > > say it's up again n

[mailop] indra.net still down

2024-04-10 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
There was an outage starting Sunday on indra.net and although they say it's up again now, I'm still getting no response from their nameservers and mail for their users (or user, as I see only one) is still stacking up in my queue. Seems as if maybe they forgot to update the DNS for one of their

Re: [mailop] Extortion spam from OVH-hosted *.sbs domains

2024-01-25 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
If the scammers actually had such a video, wouldn't they include a screenshot? On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 9:03 AM Peter N. M. Hansteen via mailop < mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 07:10:13AM +0100, Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop > wrote: > > Tonight we received a huge wave of

Re: [mailop] Is Google jumping the gun for SPF / DKIM requirement?

2024-01-24 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I saw it a couple of weeks ago. Similar, a server reporting in via cron. It was pretty easy to fix once I realized that I needed a separate SPF for each subdomain. I had thought the record for the parent domain would cover it, but I guess I was the only person who thought that. On Wed, Jan 24,

Re: [mailop] Anyone else noticing an increase in spam from Office365 distribution lists?

2024-01-16 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Since exim_mainlog rolled over Saturday night, I see 332 successful incoming emails from onmicrosoft.com and 52 spam rejects. Based on the subject lines, all of the successes were spam. So I've added "blacklist from *.onmicrosoft.com" to spamassassin. I just hope people won't be too disappointed

Re: [mailop] Anyone else noticing an increase in spam from Office365 distribution lists?

2024-01-14 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
But https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/setup/domains-faq?view=o365-worldwide says: "You can keep using the initial onmicrosoft.com domain even after you add your domain. It still works for email and other services, so it's your choice." ... or am I misunderstanding? I'm

Re: [mailop] Gmail SMTP timeouts

2023-04-14 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I am using Exim but the problem has gone away now. I did notice that this server (a Leaseweb VPS, formerly Servint) was briefly on the UCEPROTECT3 about that time. I can't believe that Gmail would use that list for scoring but maybe there was a problem with a neighbor on the server that caused

[mailop] Gmail SMTP timeouts

2023-04-06 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I'm getting a lot of these today. Is it just me? This first one is an ordinary notification from nytimes.com. The second looks like similar from foodandwine.com. 2023-04-07 00:09:03 1pkZa6-00043Q-06 H=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [142.251.163.27]: SMTP timeout after sending data block (40945 bytes

Re: [mailop] Feedback Loops and Sub-Domains

2023-02-08 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Comcast is another good one. On Wed, Feb 8, 2023, 9:08 AM Jeff Ginsberg via mailop wrote: > Hello Mailops!!! > > > > New to the list so any help would be appreciated. > > > > When setting up feedback loops is it best practice to use abuse@domain as > the reporting address? > > If we use the

Re: [mailop] Unexpected SPF rejections from Gmail et al

2022-09-28 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Thanks for the responses, on and off list. I think we found the problem -- outdated reports for an SPF problem that was fixed more than a month ago. On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 11:23 AM Russell Clemings wrote: > We're getting rejects from Gmail (mostly) claiming an SPF failure, but I > can't see

[mailop] Unexpected SPF rejections from Gmail et al

2022-09-28 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
We're getting rejects from Gmail (mostly) claiming an SPF failure, but I can't see any problem. Here's an example of the rejection notice: Last error: 5.0.0 5.3.0 - Other mail system problem 550-'5.7.26 This message does not pass authentication checks (SPF and DKIM both\n5.7.26 do not pass). SPF

Re: [mailop] [EXTERNAL] Re: Moving email server to new IP

2022-07-08 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Thanks, that should help. Almost all of the outgoing mail on this server comes from one domain though. On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 2:11 AM Frank Heydlauf via mailop wrote: > Hi Russell, > > On Thu, Jul 07, 2022 at 12:15:46PM -0700, Russell Clemings via mailop > wrote: > >Than

Re: [mailop] [EXTERNAL] Re: Moving email server to new IP

2022-07-08 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
5K a day over the course of 2 months. Many big senders will start > their warmup at 10K a day. > > laura > > > > On 7 Jul 2022, at 20:15, Russell Clemings via mailop > wrote: > > Thanks, but the part I don't know is how to segment the outgoing mail. > Usin

Re: [mailop] [EXTERNAL] Re: Moving email server to new IP

2022-07-07 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Lather rinse and repeat until all email goes new and none goes old. Delete > the DNS records for the old platform. > > > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > > *From:* mailop *On Behalf Of *Russell > Clemings via mailop > *Sent:* Thursday, July 7, 2022 2:19 PM > *To:* ma

Re: [mailop] Moving email server to new IP

2022-07-07 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
How exactly does one ramp up the volume when migrating to a new mail server? I once asked an ISP and never got a real answer. I couldn't see how to send 10% to the new server today, 20% tomorrow, etc. On Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 11:14 AM DJ Anderson via mailop wrote: > Before putting it into service I

Re: [mailop] Microsoft Announces Tenant Trusted ARC Seal

2022-06-20 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
That is configurable since mailman 2.1.18. Details: https://wiki.list.org/DEV/DMARC On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 11:22 AM Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: > Dnia 20.06.2022 o godz. 20:05:37 Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop pisze: > > > Mailing lists can operate minimal changes, like this list does, for >

Re: [mailop] gmail changes today?

2022-06-08 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I got a complaint yesterday from someone who got a warning on a google groups message forwarded via our site. We have SPF but it originated with Verizon so I suspect a DMARC issue. On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 11:04 AM Zube via mailop wrote: > > +1 from here. Customers are ticketing in left and right

Re: [mailop] FYI - Google/Gmail hard enforcing SPF presence

2022-04-19 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I've noticed though that if you don't have _both_ SPF and DKIM, you risk getting routed to the spam folder, and/or getting the scary yellow "Be careful with this message" warning. Several users have reported this and I've seen it myself with a couple of messages to my gmail from my website. Still

Re: [mailop] Best mailbox provider for personal domain?

2022-04-08 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I know EIG is unpopular but I've had my personal domain on asmallorange.com for more than a decade (pre-EIG) and have no complaints. I'm on the $10.65 monthly plan but they have one for $7.88 per month. On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 10:01 AM Brayden via mailop wrote: > Digital Ocean blocks port 25 by

Re: [mailop] What am I supposed to do with abuse complaints on legit mail?

2022-01-10 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Another possibility is that the user set up an autofilter and forgot about it. I've seen this happen with Comcast's webmail. Not sure about Yahoo -- looking quickly I don't see a way to autofilter into spam, but I might be missing something. On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 2:01 PM Matt Vernhout via

Re: [mailop] syncaor/centurylink/hughes contact?

2021-08-24 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Yes, thanks. I got other replies as well and will follow up if needed. On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 6:55 PM Udeme Ukutt wrote: > Russell, I replied you off list. > > - Udeme > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 8:14 PM Russell Clemings via mailop < > mailop@mailop.org> wrote: >

[mailop] syncaor/centurylink/hughes contact?

2021-08-24 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Does anyone on this list have a contact for Synacor, or at least one of the ISPs that appear to use them (centurylink.net, hughes.net, wowway.com, tds.net, q.com, possibly others)? We're seeing false-positive bounces ("554 5.7.1 [VI-1] Message blocked due to spam content in the message") from

Re: [mailop] Out-of-office from Gmail going toward the MAIL FROM address....???

2021-07-03 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I think I've seen this, and it sounds like this issue: https://forum.directadmin.com/threads/autoreply-with-srs.52738/ I opened a ticket on cPanel when I first noticed this about four years ago: https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/srs-and-autoreply-on-gmail.600287/ No satisfactory fix to date,

Re: [mailop] What does "Abaca" mean?

2021-04-26 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
So basically a false positive then and nothing much to be done about it except by Verizon. Oh well. I just hope the user isn't packing for Italy right now. On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 7:56 AM Bill Cole via mailop wrote: > On 26 Apr 2021, at 4:34, Laura Atkins via mailop wrote: > > > Abaca is a spam

[mailop] What does "Abaca" mean?

2021-04-25 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Here's a question that I don't think has been asked here before: What does it mean when you get a reply "451 Message temporarily deferred - Abaca" on Yahoo/Verizon/AOL? I see this from time to time but I can't find any references to "Abaca" in the list archives. Right now I've got a message in

Re: [mailop] Is it something to worry about?

2021-01-20 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I don't really understand why anybody would use UCEPROTECT3 anyway. The first sentence of their web page says: "This blacklist has been created for HARDLINERS. It can, and probably will cause collateral damage to innocent users when used to block email."

Re: [mailop] Firefox Relay

2020-12-18 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 6:21 AM Robert Rubenking via mailop < mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > They also state that anything marked as spam will ding the reputation of > relay service. > "If you report these as spam, your email provider will see Relay as the > source of spam, not the original

Re: [mailop] Looking for possible mailing list hosting

2020-12-17 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I believe Mailman 3 can be used in both forum and mailing list mode. At least, the Mailman 3 users list looks pretty forumish: https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-us...@mailman3.org/ On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 4:01 AM Louis Laureys via mailop wrote: > > Perhaps some forums can

Re: [mailop] Looking for possible mailing list hosting

2020-12-16 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
There's a list here: https://wiki.list.org/COM/Mailman%20hosting%20services I don't vouch for any of them but EMWD is pretty active on the Mailman lists. The rest I know nothing about. On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:35 AM Dave Shevett via mailop wrote: > Hey folks, maybe ya'll can help us out.

Re: [mailop] Anyone else noticing comcast.net backing up....

2020-10-21 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Seeing a lot of this: Connecting to mx1.comcast.net [96.114.157.80]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) Connecting to mx2.comcast.net [68.87.20.5]:25 ... connected H=mx2.comcast.net [68.87.20.5]: Remote host closed connection in response to initial connection My guess is that mx1

Re: [mailop] Report as spam and mail forwarders: best practices?

2020-06-19 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
Have you at least signed up for all the feedback loops you can find? That seems to help with reputation and it also helps you track down and counsel users who think the spam button is the same thing as the delete button. On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 9:16 AM Leo Gaspard via mailop wrote: > Michael

[mailop] Cryptic Earthlink rejection message

2020-06-17 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
host mx03.oxsus-vadesecure.net [147.135.97.26] SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: 550 5.7.1 Message rejected - OXSUS0001_507 Anyone know what this means? (Besides the obvious.) Googling "OXSUS0001_507" yields nothing. It's coming from mail sent to Earthlink.net and

Re: [mailop] Is Spectrum trying to sunset rr.com and twc.com emails?

2020-02-09 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 6:59 PM Jay R. Ashworth via mailop wrote (in part): > > but my experience of email carrier buyouts is that no-one *ever* sunsets > the > domain names, cause there's no real reason to do so, and it pisses off > end-users. > > Tell that to Comcast, which bought attbi.com and

Re: [mailop] Comcast.net contact ? Unusually high amount of email being deferred.

2019-12-02 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I see similar things from Comcast occasionally (including this morning). The "retry time not reached for any host for 'comcast.net'" error does in fact appear to come from Exim. The error from Comcast is from the first send attempt: "Remote host closed connection in response to initial

Re: [mailop] Erroneous Hotmail spam/junk JMR email due to recipient error, where's the operator feedback loop?

2019-10-08 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
I've noticed when using Gmail that I can trash a message, or I can report it as spam and (sometimes) choose between "report" and "report and unsubscribe." But I don't think I can "trash and unsubscribe," and I don't think there's a way (other than scrolling through the message looking for a

Re: [mailop] This list has apparently been intentionally broken. PLEASE STOP!!!

2019-05-05 Thread Russell Clemings via mailop
What's the alternative? Throw it away? FWIW, here's a detailed explanation of the change: https://wiki.list.org/DEV/DMARC On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 1:13 PM Bill Cole via mailop wrote: > > On 4 May 2019, at 19:18, Ángel via mailop wrote: > > > On 2019-05-04 at 14:44 -0400, Bill Cole via mailop