Hi Jim,

A client of mine had an issue where it was the ISP that was causing the
"220*******************************" banner...something you might consider.

EricB

On 11/10/2015 11:54 AM, Jim Shupert wrote:
> I am adding this incase it might help someone else
>
> the iss:  my smtp banner was showing being masked by mxtoolkit
> like so 220 ************************************
>
> even though I had a good one
> and a good me
> all under /var/qmail/control/   me & smtpbanner
>
> here was the solution
>
> I have a cisco pix 515e firewall
>
> and that conf in the pix
> fixup protocol smtp 25
>
> so i do a
>
> fixup protocol smtp 25
> and a write mem
>
> and -- now good
>
> it was the firewall ... that is what i currently think.
>
>
> On 11/9/2015 6:32 PM, Tony White wrote:
>> Hi,
>>   I have just run a test against one of my servers.
>>
>> 1. dmarc, well I do not have one either. Not sure if I need to either.
>> Does anyone else have one?
>>
>> 2. check what the "host" command for your ip returns against the "me"
>> file
>> in /var/qmail/control/me
>> Might pay to edit the "me" file and put in mailhost.theppsgroup.com
>> instead of what might be there.
>>
>> 3. If you have not enabled TLS for mail then that is up to you.
>>
>> 4. SPF is not difficult really
>>
>> example at the cli type
>>
>> #dig TXT theppsgroup.com
>>
>> This will return your current TXT records from the DNS.
>>
>> If you have no TXT data then edit your DNS record and add an entry
>> like this.
>>
>> "v=spf1 a mx ip4:168.215.62.222 -all"
>>
>> If you have more than one mail server that send email on your behalf
>> of your domain
>> then add a second entry in this line
>>
>> http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax
>>
>> best wishes
>>   Tony White
>>
>> On 10/11/2015 09:35, Jim Shupert wrote:
>>> Friends,
>>>
>>> If I check my server  with
>>> http://mxtoolbox.com
>>>
>>> I get the following complaints
>>>
>>> Category     Host     Result
>>>
>>> dmarc     theppsgroup.com                  Missing or Invalid Record
>>> smtp     mailhost.theppsgroup.com     Reverse DNS does not match
>>> SMTP Banner
>>> smtp     mailhost.theppsgroup.com     Warning - Does not support TLS.
>>>
>>> it is true I have no dmarc ( i was thinking it is not required ...)
>>> and I have tried to do the spf and the banner thing
>>>
>>> i have tried googling and sorting it out -- thus far I am unsuccessful
>>>
>>> I wonder if someone could give me some wisdom on how to resolve these
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> jims
>>
>

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