We also started seeing it around 1:45pm Eastern but just for two IP's.  I 
checked SNDS and both those IP's are green.



Thanks, 

Michael 

Michael E. Weisel 
CTO / Deliverability Lead 
Gold Lasso 
(301) 990-9857 Corporate 
(240) 813-0174 Direct Dial 



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Today's Topics:


1. Re: ADMIN - filtering settings (Alessandro Vesely)
2. Re: ADMIN - filtering settings (Philip Paeps)
3. Spamhaus CSS Blocklist (Maik Wessler)
4. Re: Spamhaus CSS Blocklist (Bill Cole)
5. Outlook rate limiting, just us? ([email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>)
6. Re: Outlook rate limiting, just us? (Hans-Martin Mosner)
7. Re: Spamhaus CSS Blocklist (Al Iverson)




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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:29:57 +0100
From: Alessandro Vesely <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mailop] ADMIN - filtering settings
Message-ID: <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
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On Fri 20/Feb/2026 18:36:56 +0100 Graeme Fowler via mailop wrote:
>
> [...] Either exempt the list host or the list itself, however you can, from 
> being rejected at SMTP time.




Exempting the list host is straightforward: whitelist 91.132.147.157. But what 
if the IP changes? Perhaps one can avail of dnswl. Mailop has 
policy.ip=127.0.4.2, which means:
4 – Organisations (both for-profit [ie companies] and non-profit)
2 = medium – make sure to avoid false positives but allow override for
clear cases (-10.0)


What about the second option, exempt the list itself? Perhaps via List-Id: For 
mail operators <mailop.mailop.org>? But if this option becomes widespread, 
setting that List-Id header would become an attack vector.


Some time ago I would have asked why mailop didn't add an ARC set to forwarded 
messages, but ARC will now be deprecated[*]. However, adding a DKIM signature 
would still provide a signed List-Id, although it wouldn't tell whether mailop 
complies with author domains' DMARC policy.


This question surfaced the list a few times[†][‡], but no determination has 
been made. Any news?




Best
Ale
-- 


[*] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-adams-arc-experiment-conclusion/ 
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-adams-arc-experiment-conclusion/>
[†] https://list.mailop.org/private/mailop/2020-November/017955.html 
<https://list.mailop.org/private/mailop/2020-November/017955.html>
[‡] https://list.mailop.org/private/mailop/2024-February/027399.html 
<https://list.mailop.org/private/mailop/2024-February/027399.html>














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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:24:35 +0800
From: Philip Paeps <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: Alessandro Vesely <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mailop] ADMIN - filtering settings
Message-ID: <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
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On 2026-02-23 20:29:57 (+0800), Alessandro Vesely via mailop wrote:
> On Fri 20/Feb/2026 18:36:56 +0100 Graeme Fowler via mailop wrote:
>> [...] Either exempt the list host or the list itself, however you 
>> can, from being rejected at SMTP time.
>
> Exempting the list host is straightforward: whitelist 91.132.147.157. 
> But what if the IP changes?


Graeme will presumably tell us that the IP address is changing so we 
update our allowlists. :)


Philip




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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:29:29 +0100
From: "Maik Wessler" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [mailop] Spamhaus CSS Blocklist
Message-ID:
<gxes.m062wfjq7uczprvwnyh...@2d2fgfyauuqob0m9dw2wke963w98gdnbmzroap4vdze.xz 
<mailto:gxes.m062wfjq7uczprvwnyh...@2d2fgfyauuqob0m9dw2wke963w98gdnbmzroap4vdze.xz>>


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Hello everyone,






how to get off the Spamhaus CSS Blocklist? Mailproblem is resolved 12 hours
ago. Also opened a ticket and a automatic removal.


But nothing happened and we are still on the list. What can we do?






Kind Regards,


Maik


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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:02:45 -0500
From: Bill Cole <[email protected] 
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To: Maik Wessler via mailop <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [mailop] Spamhaus CSS Blocklist
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On 2026-02-23 at 12:29:29 UTC-0500 (Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:29:29 +0100)
Maik Wessler via mailop <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
is rumored to have said:


> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> how to get off the Spamhaus CSS Blocklist? Mailproblem is resolved 12 
> hours
> ago. Also opened a ticket and a automatic removal.
>
> But nothing happened and we are still on the list. What can we do?


Be patient.


In my experience, CSS delistings happen 2-3 days after the last 
detection of junk.


-- 
Bill Cole




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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:48:08 -0600
From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [mailop] Outlook rate limiting, just us?
Message-ID: <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
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I just wanted to poke around and ask if anyone else was seeing an 
increase in behavior like this today from MS:


451 4.7.650 The mail server [136.175.108.47] has been temporarily rate 
limited due to IP reputation. For e-mail delivery information, see 
https://aka.ms/postmaster <https://aka.ms/postmaster> (S775) [Name=Protocol 
Filter 
Agent][AGT=PFA][MxId=11BCD799F8C0D17A] 
[DB1PEPF00050A01.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com 2026-02-23T20:36:05.976Z 
08DE6BCD08E3CD4A]


I mean, we fight harder against outbound spam than any ESP I've ever 
witnessed, to the point that spammers frequently call me a "Nazi." No 
significant number of complaints over their FBL, but every one is 
actioned. I'll accept if it's just me, but it would be nice to hear it's 
not just me.




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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:05:08 +0100
From: Hans-Martin Mosner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mailop] Outlook rate limiting, just us?
Message-ID: <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"


Am 23.02.26 um 21:48 schrieb Jarland Donnell via mailop:
> I just wanted to poke around and ask if anyone else was seeing an increase in 
> behavior like this today from MS:
>
> 451 4.7.650 The mail server [136.175.108.47] has been temporarily rate 
> limited due to IP reputation. For e-mail 
> delivery information, see https://aka.ms/postmaster 
> <https://aka.ms/postmaster> (S775) [Name=Protocol Filter 
> Agent][AGT=PFA][MxId=11BCD799F8C0D17A] 
> [DB1PEPF00050A01.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com 2026-02-23T20:36:05.976Z 
> 08DE6BCD08E3CD4A]
>
> I mean, we fight harder against outbound spam than any ESP I've ever 
> witnessed, to the point that spammers frequently 
> call me a "Nazi." No significant number of complaints over their FBL, but 
> every one is actioned. I'll accept if it's 
> just me, but it would be nice to hear it's not just me.


It's not just you. We (not my private domain but a medium-size religious 
organization) are affected since about 19:20 
UTC. I'm pretty sure that our outbound spam prevention is on par with yours :-)


Microsoft's spam handling is broken, simple as that. No need to argue about 
that.


Cheers,
Hans-Martin
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:35:19 -0600
From: Al Iverson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: Maik Wessler <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [mailop] Spamhaus CSS Blocklist
Message-ID:
<CAAQnKjCnR-GBhP6o00Zt5zyg=8rNnEp4u_4j=emjlpglkh0...@mail.gmail.com 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"


If the website says that the IP address is delisted but mail is still
bouncing, then it's just an issue of caching. Wait and it will cease. It
could take another 24 hours.


If the IP address is again listed on CSS, then the issue is likely not as
fixed as you think it might be.


Cheers,
Al Iverson


On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 11:34 AM Maik Wessler via mailop <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:


> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> how to get off the Spamhaus CSS Blocklist? Mailproblem is resolved 12
> hours ago. Also opened a ticket and a automatic removal.
>
> But nothing happened and we are still on the list. What can we do?
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Maik
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