Author Topic: Email bouncing fixed (I think)...  (Read 5131 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline saratogaWX

  • Administrator
  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 9257
  • Saratoga, CA, USA Weather - free PHP scripts
    • Saratoga-Weather.org
Email bouncing fixed (I think)...
« on: July 24, 2020, 02:43:14 PM »
I've had an odd problem with some forum-initiated emails bouncing claiming we're (our mail server) on a blocklist, despite checks that find us on no blocklists...

Turned out, the bounces were happening due to a badly formatted SPF record in our DNS which has been corrected.
I've done a 'remind' to all the waiting for validation new members, so hopefully they'll see the email (instead of me seeing a bounce). 

Reminder.. check your spam folder for messages -- some email services put messages from wxforum.net there.
Ken True/Saratoga, CA, USA main site: saratoga-weather.org
Davis VP1+ FARS, Blitzortung RED, GRLevel3, WD, WL, VWS, Cumulus, Meteobridge
Free weather PHP scripts/website templates - update notifications on Twitter saratogaWXPHP

Offline vreihen

  • El Niņo chaser
  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 1216
  • K2BIG
Re: Email bouncing fixed (I think)...
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2020, 08:28:10 PM »
You have no idea how many times per year that I have to reach out and educate vendors/contractors at work about why all of their email is being tagged as spam (~all SPF soft fail) or rejected (-all hard fail) due to bad/obsolete SPF records in their DNS.....
WU Gold Stars for everyone! :lol:

Offline saratogaWX

  • Administrator
  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 9257
  • Saratoga, CA, USA Weather - free PHP scripts
    • Saratoga-Weather.org
Re: Email bouncing fixed (I think)...
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2020, 10:19:29 PM »
I feel a bit sheepish as my expertise is not so much in current email stuff.  Back when I did BSDi Unix, it was all sendmail and none of the security protocols (like SPF and DKIM existed).  Got to read up a bit more to get everything up-to-snuff (bit by bit, no pun intended).
Ken True/Saratoga, CA, USA main site: saratoga-weather.org
Davis VP1+ FARS, Blitzortung RED, GRLevel3, WD, WL, VWS, Cumulus, Meteobridge
Free weather PHP scripts/website templates - update notifications on Twitter saratogaWXPHP

Offline vreihen

  • El Niņo chaser
  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 1216
  • K2BIG
Re: Email bouncing fixed (I think)...
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2020, 09:13:57 AM »
Many moons ago, I sat on a panel at a multi-day Federal Trade Commission event about email auth and spam.  The inventor of SPF was on the stage an hour before my panel was.  That event was an eye-opener for me about how lobbying, and why the spam problem will *never* be fixed.....
WU Gold Stars for everyone! :lol: