On 31 Jul 2020, at 19:01, Rob Jarratt
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
?Well I do have my own domain and I have publish my domain email and use forwarding to
send it to my actual ISP. So I can change the forwarding to my Hotmail account. The
trouble with this forwarding system is that it "leaks" my ISP address and some
people to end up using that.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf
Of Dave Wade
Sent: 31 July 2020 09:06
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: RE: [HECnet] Mailing list...
Rob (and the others)
Why do you use your ISPs "free" E-Mail accounts when there are good
"free" or
"cheap" providers.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2020/02/ofcom-warns-major-uk-
broadband-isps-over-charging-for-email.html
and if you don't like a @hotmail.com address why not add an @outlook.com,
same servers, better reputation...
... as for "spam detection" systems well they want the headline figure , so
the
"spam detection rate" to be as high as possible.
Most customers are happy with this and blame the sender if things get blocked
when in reality it?s the suppliers over aggressive filters...
Dave
p.s. when talking to suppliers of such systems, I say what happens to important
stuff wrongly classed as spam?
Usually they used to tell me it was retained in a folder and could be checked by
some minion..
I say so, the Finance Director, who will be paying for this is a bit of a ladies
man, gets lewd e-mails from his lady friends who tend to use a different
Hotmail account each time?
Will those get filtered and will the minions see those as it could be
embarrassing.......
Pps. I now have a fixed IP address but it looks like no VAX licences soon.... Alpha
has arrived but I am not leaving it on full time even if it runs ... pic here
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag4BJfE5B3onmM4SMrRd2aiAnoG2dw?e=UGwLNh
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On
Behalf
Of Rob Jarratt
Sent: 31 July 2020 07:48
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: RE: [HECnet] Mailing list...
I use a very common ISP (Virgin Media) in the UK. I know that
sometimes emails to me get bounced because of DKIM or whatever (I know
very little about these things). I know that people in the know think
that these spam protection systems are no good, I don't know why
because as I said I know little about all this, although it seems to
me that the *intent* behind those systems is good. However, it seems
to me that, for whatever reason, they are used by a lot of the major
ISPs, so might you end up excluding a lot of people if you unsubscribe them
for
using an ISP that uses these measures?
I really wouldn't want to change my ISP just for one mailing list,
because I also get TV and phone all through the same provider, so it
would be quite disruptive. But I think it would be good if you were
able to tell people that you choose to unsubscribe. I have a Hotmail
account I could use instead if I really had to.
Regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On
Behalf
Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: 30 July 2020 22:40
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: [HECnet] Mailing list...
Hi, all.
I have an issue with some mail servers/providers that some people use.
I'm open to some suggestions, but also want to point out something
to people who are subscribed.
Sometimes I start getting mails bouncing for some subscribers. I do
try to check why, and occasionally there have been something I could
do about it, but many times it's simply what I would call a broken
mail server for which there isn't much I can do. So occasionally I
unsubscribe people for which I'm just getting bounces all the time.
One such example is one server who claims that 130.238.19.25 don't
have reverse DNS. Which is clearly incorrect. It have had proper DNS
setup for at least 20 years. I have no idea how that mail server is
set up, but I can't do much about it.
Other times mails gets denied because of some blocking service who
thinks the hecnet mails are just spam, or the host (Update) is
untrustworthy, or have a bad reputation or what not. Usually not
much I can do about those either. If people (or companies) decide to
make use of such services, and such services give that kind of
information, it essentially just means that you'll not be getting
the hecnet mails any
more.
>
> There is only so much I'm willing to do to try and sort such things out.
> I do consider such services and solutions to be fundamentally broken
> to start with, but I will of course not say that people can't use
> them if they want to. But chances are that you'll get dropped from
> the HECnet mailing list sooner or later, unless you are using some
> service/technology that actually do work (not sure if any such exists).
>
> An example I got today (actual mailbox names redacted):
>
>> <XXXXXX at xs4all.nl> (expanded from <hecnet-list>): host
>> mx4.xs4all.nl[194.109.24.139] said: 550 5.7.1 Spam message rejected
by
>>> 06ULCRRd021949 on
mxdrop301.xs4all.net, reason=CH (in reply to
>>> end of
>> DATA
>>> command)
>>
>> reason=CH ?
>> What does that mean. The mail is rejected because it came from
> Switzerland?
>> (Yes, I do live in Switzerland, and yes, it was a mail I sent to the
>> list, but
> really?
>> Is all mail from Switzerland suspect now?)
>>
>>> <XXXXXX at me.com> (expanded from <hecnet-list>): host
>>> mx01.mail.icloud.com[17.57.152.9] said: 554 5.7.1 [CS01]
>>> Message
>> rejected
>>> due to local policy. Please visit
>>>
https://support.apple.com/en-
> us/HT204137
>>> (in reply to end of DATA command)
>>>
>>> <XXXXXX at me.com> (expanded from <hecnet-list>): host
>>> mx01.mail.icloud.com[17.57.152.9] said: 554 5.7.1 [CS01]
>>> Message
>> rejected
>>> due to local policy. Please visit
>>>
https://support.apple.com/en-
> us/HT204137
>>> (in reply to end of DATA command)
>>
>>
>> Rejected due to local policy?
>> Following the link don't really give an answer, but just various
>> recommendation.
>>
>> Most of those recommendations are already done (and have been the
>> whole
>> time) by the HECnet list. SPF and DKIM we don't use. I had that
>> setup for a while on a mail server of my own, and came to realize
>> that it hurt more than it helped, so I removed it again. I doubt
>> this will be setup on Update any time soon, but either way, it's not
>> there now, and it's not even clear if that is the reason for the
>> rejects, or some other thing. There is also no way to even get in
>> touch with Apple in this case, to fix this. So there is a fair
>> chance I'll have to unsubscribe a few
> more addresses in the near future...
>>
>> I am not really interested in moving the mailing list to some other
>> host. Any suggestions from anyone on this topic?
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>> --
>> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
>> || on a psychedelic trip
>> email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
>> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol