On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 12:47 -0400, John Levine wrote: > In article <e328f9e0-40c9-53ec-2988-4e5ddc0ac...@gmail.com> you write: > > Dear all, > > > > I today saw three bounces where the receiving mail server had said: > > > > host mail.gfbv.de[185.199.217.16] said: 550 external MTA > > sending our header From: XXXX <x...@gfbv.de> (in reply to > > end of DATA command) > > > > The SPF record for gfbv.de is > > > > gfbv.de. 86400 IN TXT "v=spf1 mx > > a:epicmail1.newsaktuell.net ~all" > > > > I am not sure, whether mailman 2 has any workaround for this like for > > the DMARC issue > > > > Can anyone spot, whether there is something wrong with the SPF record? > > Whose fault is it? > > Theirs. That message says they apparently have a policy of rejecting > any incoming mail with their domain on the From: line. They can do > that if they want, but it means that none of their users can > participate in mailing lists. > > I suppose you could further screw up your list and do DMARC rewrites > even for domains without DMARC policies, but I'd suggest contacting > whoever is subscribed there and encourage him or her to subscribe from > an address that isn't gratuitiously hostile to mailing lists.
I've experienced similar before, some people work for large companies that outsource email policies to others^widiots. I wrote the patch below, which was merged into v2.1.29, specifically to address for such idiotic policies. https://code.launchpad.net/~jimpop/mailman/dmarc-moderation-addresses/+merge/359963 -Jim P. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
