Hi all,
I have a client that is an academic institute. They set up a mailing
list server for their students, so they can communicate within courses
and such. When we try to send email out, however, Google starts
complaining, pointing us at
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81126. Among other
things, this suggests we set up SPF for our emails, and use consistent
"from" addresses.
While both suggestions seem like good suggestions on first review,
digging just a little deeper shows that they are practically impossible
to implement. Any SPF record I put on the machine will only apply to
emails appearing to originate from "lists.academy.ac.il". Since this is
a mailing list, most actual emails will arrive from either teachers
("[email protected]") or from students ("[email protected]").
Neither will have a valid SPF record.
It appears that, once again, spam has brought in casualties.
I am trying to tell Mailman to rewrite the sender's address to be that
of the list, but that seems like a fairly great sacrifice in sender
identity. It is entirely possible that in a couple of weeks enough gmail
users white list the server for google to get the hint. I simply don't know.
If anyone has any constructive suggestions how to make things work
smoother, please share
Shachar
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lingnu.com
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lingnu.com
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