I tried to send an email to Hotmail.com and I get error messages. However, I can send an email to another email address that forwards to hotmail and it arrives correctly.
When sending via SquirrelMail I get:
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
%%%%%%%@%%%%%.com
SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<%%%%%%%@%%%%%.com> SIZE=1813:
host mx3.hotmail.com [65.54.244.200]: 550 SC-001 Mail rejected by Windows Live Hotmail for policy reasons. Reasons for rejection may be related to content with spam-like characteristics or IP/domain reputation problems. If you are not an email/network admin please contact your E-mail/Internet Service Provider for help. Email/network admins, please visit [url]for email delivery information and support
I have correct TXT dns entries. Doesn't matter what email I sent to hotmail, they all get rejected. They don't even appear in the junk box
[root@server ~]# telnet mx4.hotmail.com 25Trying 65.54.245.104...Connected to mx4.hotmail.com (65.54.245.104).Escape character is '^]'.220 bay0-mc10-f4.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:49:15 -0700
my datacenter reply me :
PHP Code:
Hello,We have investigated your issue in detail. We tried to sent mails from the server to our Softlayer hotmail account. From the logs, it is clear that the mails are sent successfully from the server.=========2007-11-23 23:50:29 1IviI1-0001De-SX <= root@server.XXXX.net U=root P=local S=3612007-11-23 23:50:30 1IviI1-0001De-SX => XXXX@hotmail.com R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=mx3.hotmail.com [65.54.244.200]2007-11-23 23:50:30 1IviI1-0001De-SX Completed========But this is not received at the hotmail mailbox. Hence this is an issue at their end. You may contact the hotmail support to resolve this.Regarding the spamming, we could find a lot of mails from the user nobody. You can prevent the user nobody from sending the mail from WHM as follows.Please select the option "Prevent the user "nobody" from sending out mail to remote addresses" from WHM >> Main >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings >> Mail option.
[root@server ~]# telnet mx4.hotmail.com 25Trying 65.54.245.104...Connected to mx4.hotmail.com (65.54.245.104).Escape character is '^]'.220 bay0-mc10-f4.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:49:15 -0700
SPF correct DNS correct Submitted to sender ID 2 weeks ago Mail server tested to other mail clients all ok GMAil header test. SPF pass DNStools test: reverse dns, all ok Blacklists checked. Im not on it
I cant find any reason anymore why my mails dont arrive.
I have 1 site on a dedicated server, this site can send mails to any server in the world, except to hotmail... I dont know why, each time we try to send a mail using a PHP Script (using nobody as user, as you can see in the code below) the server rejects the email sent to hotmail, this is the error:
Code: 2007-09-08 21:24:13 1IUCT7-0004BE-7A ** destinationuser@hotmail.com R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<nobody@server.theserver.com> SIZE=31435: host mx4.hotmail.com [65.54.244.232]: 550 Your e-mail was rejected for policy reasons on this gateway. Reasons for rejection may be related to content with spam-like characteristics or IP/domain reputation problems.
If you are not an e-mail/network admin please contact your E-mail/Internet Service Provider for help.
For e-mail delivery information, please go to http://postmaster.live.com
I checked and the server IP is not listed at any SPAM list, also domain has an SPF record that is configured like this:
Code: domain.com. 14400 IN MX 10 mail.domain.com.
mail 14400 IN A 89.XX.XX.XX www 14400 IN A 89.XX.XX.XX ftp 14400 IN A 89.XX.XX.XX server 14400 IN A 89.XX.XX.XX domain.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:89.XX.XX.XX a mx a:mail.domain.com ~all" Is the SPF record well configured?, and the MX record, i think its OK... never had issues with this kind of config on normal sites..
Just in case it helps, at /etc/localdomains i have 2 sites, the server hostname and the site domain.com.
A better title might be "hotmail or yahoo won't accept the emails from sendmail."
I have sendmail version: 8.13.4
I have the only modification I can remember doing is: MASQUERADE_AS(`ipalaces.org')dnl
I can send emails perfectly to gmail accounts. Here is a sucessfull output of an email send to gmail:
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Delivered-To: paroxsitic@gmail.com Received: by 10.114.113.11 with SMTP id l11cs366927wac; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.80.14 with SMTP id d14mr1879830wxb.1175187909424; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <root@ipalaces.org> Received: from ipalaces.org (ipalaces.org [64.74.153.24]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id h40si1247663wxd.2007.03.29.10.05.09; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of root@ipalaces.org designates 64.74.153.24 as permitted sender) Received: from ipalaces.org (ipalaces.org [127.0.0.1]) by ipalaces.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id l2TH58SJ005383 for <paroxsitic@gmail.com>; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:05:08 -0400 Received: (from root@localhost) by ipalaces.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l2TH51kd005299 for paroxsitic@gmail.com; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:05:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:05:01 -0400 From: root <root@ipalaces.org> Message-Id: <200703291705.l2TH51kd005299@ipalaces.org> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
This is a test of the body.
I originally thought the reason hotmail or yahoo didn't receive my emails was because I had no reverse DNS for the IP I was sending the emails out with. Therefore I had my VPS provider create one for my IP. It now reflects ipalaces.org with the IP I use to send out emails (64.74.153.24)
Even after the reverse DNS in place, hotmail nor yahoo could recieve my emails. I am now pretty much stump as to why. I have googled and scanned various other solutions and I havent found anything.
Here is a verbose output of using sendmail to an hotmail address of mine:
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ek_opteron@hotmail.com... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] port 587 via relay... 220 ipalaces.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 1 3:07:17 -0400; (No UCE/UBE) logging access from: ipalaces.org(OK)-ipalaces.org [ 127.0.0.1] >>> EHLO ipalaces.org 250-ipalaces.org Hello ipalaces.org [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-EXPN 250-VERB 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP >>> VERB 250 2.0.0 Verbose mode >>> MAIL From:<root@ipalaces.org> SIZE=15 AUTH=root@ipalaces.org 250 2.1.0 <root@ipalaces.org>... Sender ok >>> RCPT To:<ek_opteron@hotmail.com> >>> DATA 250 2.1.5 <ek_opteron@hotmail.com>... Recipient ok 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself >>> . 050 <ek_opteron@hotmail.com>... Connecting to mx3.hotmail.com. via esmtp... 050 220 bay0-mc8-f1.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-ma il to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found a t http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:07:17 -0700 050 >>> EHLO ipalaces.org 050 250-bay0-mc8-f1.bay0.hotmail.com (3.3.2.16) Hello [64.74.153.24] 050 250-SIZE 29696000 050 250-PIPELINING 050 250-8bitmime 050 250-BINARYMIME 050 250-CHUNKING 050 250-AUTH LOGIN 050 250-AUTH=LOGIN 050 250 OK 050 >>> MAIL From:<root@ipalaces.org> SIZE=320 AUTH=<> 050 250 root@ipalaces.org....Sender OK 050 >>> RCPT To:<ek_opteron@hotmail.com> 050 >>> DATA 050 250 ek_opteron@hotmail.com 050 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> 050 >>> . 050 250 <200703291707.l2TH7DSt007328@ipalaces.org> Queued mail for delivery 050 <ek_opteron@hotmail.com>... Sent ( <200703291707.l2TH7DSt007328@ipalaces.org > Queued mail for delivery) 250 2.0.0 l2TH7HeD007332 Message accepted for delivery ek_opteron@hotmail.com... Sent (l2TH7HeD007332 Message accepted for delivery) Closing connection to [127.0.0.1] >>> QUIT 221 2.0.0 ipalaces.org closing connection
The main thing that strikes out to me is that hotmail says "Queued mail for delivery" whereas Gmail normally says "OKAY". It seems as hotmail gets the email, and then decides it's no good. I don't know if my IP is blacklisted or I have to change something in my configuration from 127.0.0.1 to my IP, or what I have to do.
iam always having problem with Email know i have order a new server i try to use some script like phpbb.vb.ipb and some other script that have options to send email when people register etc...
if i register use hotmail there is no email will come to me in my inbox why ?
but if i send email from my hotmail email to my domian name email i get it
so i make some research on the net i find something maybe this could be the problem but as i am newbie to the server i have no idea how i can fix this problem
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set reverse DNS for your IP address and if possible an SPF record for your domain.
as you can see he is asking me to set the dns etc i dont no . is there anything i could do via WHM/CP/SSL"PuTTy" etc
Email on server working fine, I can send mails from webmaster@xxx.com to any email only forums like VB don't send emails to hotmail & yahoo ! but emails from forums arrive to emails like webmaster@xxx.com
Hotmail not receiving any emails from my server nevertheless log files is ok no problem and messages sent every thing is ok recently i contacted with my server's provider to make a ptr record at dns to fix hotmail problem and i shoked when i notice that they put a wronge ip
My Q: is that ptr record is important and it could be the reason for making hotmail rejecting my emails
I have 2 cPanel servers with normal decent setups, and until today, HOTMAIL/LIVE is not accepting my e-mails.
There is no problem with GMAIL & YAHOO, btw.
When I mentioned not accepting my e-mails means it will always appear inside the Junk box instead of Inbox (for every domains in both servers)
I've tried to contact Microsoft support many times but they keep repeating the same thing. I've tried everything including make sure that my IP reputation is clean, and having domain keys.
I need some advise from you guys out there that has this issue before and start from sketch, what do I need to do to identify what Microsoft servers actually want from me?
Here's their 'robotic' respond.
1) Make sure that you have SPF/SIDF records in place. You can go to [url] for more information on this.
2) Clean up your lists. Remove those who do not want to receive the emails. Make the unsubscribe process more visible. Hotmail also has a sender complaint feedback loop program called the Junk Email Reporting Program (JMRP). Enrollment in this free program will benefit you as a sender as it will keep your email lists updated and populated with interested Windows Live Hotmail Customers. This program will help you to remove those Windows Live Hotmail Customers who do not want to receive emails from your company. If you are interested in joining this program, please visit [url _options_form_byemail&ct=eformts
3) Ensure that there is not anything technically wrong with your MTA. Are your DNS records updated, are you transmitting data upon making the SMTP connection, and is the problem isolated to any specific machines? Do your SMTP logs show any failures?
4) Segment your mailing infrastructure by IP. Marketing email, transactional corporate email, "forward to a friend" email and signup emails should be sent from different IP's. This will help to identify what types of messages are being flagged by Hotmail customers.
5) Strengthen the sign up process. Confirm that you are using a double-opt-in sign up process. This will not help in removing existing Hotmail customers from your email lists, but it will confirm the authenticity of those who sign-up for your email campaigns and newsletters.
6) If you have any feedback loops setup with other ISPs, you should look for trends to try to determine possible causes - a new data source? New advertisement? Maybe folks signing up do not recognize the mail?
7) Clearly mark your emails so that Hotmail customers are able to identify quickly and easily that they requested emails from your service.
8) Do some analysis on the data regarding complaints - look at Hotmail customers who have never clicked, opened, responded or bounced in any way. These poor performers could contain many bad addresses.
9) Evaluate the frequency of your mailings. Are you making your mailings less relevant and welcome by sending too many emails?
10) Enroll in the Sender Score program. This is the only white list that Hotmail uses. It is owned and operated by Return Path. You can find information about this program at [url
11) Please visit [url] to verify that your IP is not being listed on any third party block lists.
12) We also recommend that you take advantage of the following email delivery consulting companies who participate in the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group [url] ), and the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance [url]
I have one of our servers that is bouncing all sent emails to hotmail, MSN and some others. The emails often come back saying they are bounced as SPAM.
There were SPAM issues on this particular server at one point, but have since been corrected one we tightened it up.
Now, how can I fix this? Can I change the servers hostname? Are they rejecting by hostname, or by IP?
And do I need to just contact each provider and try to get off their blacklist?
I run a dating site, but for some reason hotmail is rejecting certain emails.
When a user receives a message on my site, they get a notification by email to come check their message on the site. This part works, even with hotmail.
However, when a NEW user registers on the site with hotmail, they aren't getting the confirmation email they would normally get, and as a result they can't join the site. Other email providers get this confirmation email, but not hotmail.
I have problems sending emails from my VPS to Hotmail and Gmail email accounts. This is a new VPS with some new websites so they are not blacklisted for spam or anything like that.
After users register at my website they receive a welcome email, but with Hotmail/Gmail accounts they end up by default in the spam/junkfolder.
I also have a refer-a-friend and a forgot password form -> with gmail users they both end up in the spamfolder, with hotmail users they both do not show up at all!
I read somewhere that editing the DNS zone could solve this problem with adding a SPF record (see also [url]).
I have added the most common SPF record "v=spf1 a ~all" as TXT record type but after a few days nothing has changed.
so all email send from the VPS to Hotmail/Gmail email accounts will directly be send into the inbox.
the xxx@enotecalatorreroma.com is the one that for months and still now is giving problems when sending emails. Sent emails to Hotmail are going to Junk folder.
All my Mxtools are ok... No problem with it ... Not in blacklist ...
Spoiler: Spam List Test Result SMTP Banner Check OK - 151.80.148.113 resolves to ns1.elattal.com SMTP Reverse DNS Mismatch OK - Reverse DNS matches SMTP Banner SMTP TLS OK - Supports TLS. SMTP Connection Time 0.967 seconds - Good on Connection time SMTP Open Relay OK - Not an open relay.
im tryying to setup a forum, but i cannot use email verification, every time i try to send a email it gets bounced back with these details, no matter who i try to send to,hoster has changed to several ips wiht same prob?
This is the qmail-send program at mail.removed.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<email removed>: Connected to ?.?.?.? but sender was rejected. Remote host said: 550 Your e-mail was rejected for policy reasons on this gateway.
Reasons for rejection may be related to content such as obscene language, graphics, or spam-like characteristics (or) other reputation problems. For sender troubleshooting information, please go to [url]. Please note: if you are an end-user please contact your E-mail/Internet Service Provider for assistance.
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Return-Path: <email removed> Received: (qmail 2710 invoked by uid 48); 27 May 2007 18:15:42 +0100 Date: 27 May 2007 18:15:41 +0100 To: email removed Subject: vBulletin Email Test From: "email removed" <big@belley.fsnet.co.uk> Message-ID: <200705271741.689d1b902386@www.pc-mod.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: vBulletin Mail via PHP
You are receiving this email because your email address was entered as an email test at Pc -Mod.
The first step of this email test script has been completed. However, a formatting test is still necessary:
A paragraph break. A single line break.
Another paragraph break. Another single line break. Another single line break.
If the above lines look correct, you are finished. The email features on your server are setup correctly.
If this email is run together on one line, there is possibly a configuration error with your mail server. Please ensure it is configured correctly.
can anyone please help this is doing my hea din now. realy strange. i know the server is rented from servers4you
Every month or two, we like to send our members a newsletter-type email which just informs them about what's happening over in our website and community. We have over 350,000 accounts registered, so there's quite a few emails to be sent each time.
I'm currently using cPanel with Exim and SwiftMailer to send the members an email through PHP. The way I do it currently is import all the email addresses to a separate table then email 500-1000 at a time. This is controlled by a Cron job.
I'm finding Exim to be extremely slow and the queue has built up to 190,000 as I type this (the email process started last week).
My question is this. What's the best software, whether it be a program or a script of some form, to send an email to such amount of users? Or if anyone knows any way to 'tweak' Exim to handle such mass-emails.
to send 3.6 million emails over a week period of time. it is for a client that wants to send an email about their new account policies. these users are clients from different domains. how can this be done.
They have an exchange server onsite. should they use that server or do you recommend going through a service? if so whom do you recommend that is good?
Do you recommend going with a dedciated server for email? what server specs? the email will not have an attachment just a few lines and a link to their own site. with whatever solution you recommend? please give me price ranges?
Dell and such enterprise companies send emails all the time with that many emails and more to external clients... how do they do it.
I just do not want to get black listed and want to make sure all or most of they clients get it.
A client of mine has an Exchange server in the company, for sending mails he like to setup smarthost in the Exchange server to relay the outgoing mails from a third party mail relaying service provider.
