Sometime before users of my site were receiving mails properly but now they are complaining they are not receiving it. They have their own domains email addresses.
I confirmed with my personal Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail addresses but I am receiving it well.
How can I confirm that the problem is with their mail servers not with mine?
I do not have experience in such things
I'm trying to figure out a method to stop some of the email spam that we get, and I have something figured out, but I need help on implementing it.
Basically, we get a lot of spam emails from addresses claiming to be from our domain (EX: From: someguy@mysite.com). The email is actually not from our domain, nor does the address actually exist, but the From address is being forged to look like it is our domain.
Basically to fix this, i want to block all email where the From address is claiming to be from our domain, with a nonexistent email address. I'm pretty sure that this is configurable in Exim, but I haven't found any tutorial on it, and I'm not familiar enough with Exim to do it very easily. Anyway if anyone knows of a tutorial or how this could be accomplished, please let me know.
Just to Add:
The reason that these emails are a problem is that the spam software we are running recognizes these emails as being from our domain which it trusts, so they pass most spam filters.
i ordered a custom server that costed me $1100 last monday....
i read a lot about it here..!
n now they are not even replying!
they were replying so quickly when i had to buy the server n now no relies!
i sent $1100 last Monday...
n hey there site down again... n m lik wtf.... are they even real or i got screwed?
the current server i have currently is paid till 30th n i will be in deep **** if they dnt deliver today!
its has been 7 days now!
Upon checking the mail logs, I find this
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Jul 12 07:39:35 ns2 postfix/smtp[31739]: certificate verification failed for gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[173.194.68.26]:25: untrusted issuer /C=US/O=Equifax/OU=Equifax Secure Certificate Authority
Jul 12 07:39:36 ns2 postfix/smtp[31739]: 2AC1222A0003: to=<aarontd207@gmail.com>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[173.194.68.26]:25, delay=2, delays=0.1/0/1.3/0.64, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1405143576 q6si6606624qan.104 - gsmtp)
On one my servers, I'm receiving hundreds of spam emails that are clogging up the email queue to email addresses that do not exist.
For instance domain.com, I would get
bob@domain.com
liz@domain.com
325235@domain.com
You get the picture. How do I setup my server so that if there isn't an email address setup the email automatically gets deleted instead of trying to attempt to deliver it?
I have a catchall for a domain that has been used for years, e.g. vendor1@mydomain.com, vendor2@mydomain.com. Unfortunately, thanks to the fact that maiming spammers is still against the law, I have to live with the fact that the world can no longer have catchall accounts with any usability. One particular jackass is using my domain to spoof numerous idiotic emails. He uses some combo of bulltek*****@mydomain.com. While I am transitioning all of my emails to either 1 account or forward individually each vendor account, how can I bounce emails using that set above?
I'm also looking for something better than spam assassin to prevent email and which will provide more options and a better interface.
Of note, this method of vendor@domain.com worked well because I was able to identify vendors who sold my email address to spam me...
I had a thread about this several years ago here but it petered out without a satisfactory resolution and when I tried to restart it the Sitepoint bot suggested I start a new thread . . .
Briefly, I'm into lots of stuff - software, art, poetry, business, etc, so I want to have different email addresses for each activity but I want them all to go to the same inbox so I don't have to log into n different accounts to check my email.
My website is hosted by HostMySite but their webmail offering ("Smartermail") is lame. I don't have the option of installing a different email client (at least not for what I'm paying) but I DO have the option of routing my email to a different provider while retaining my @pnArt.com email address.
Aliases don't solve this because if someone sends email to an alias, e.g., myalias@pnart.com it goes to my root account inbox, say, myroot@pnart.com so when I hit "reply" the recipient sees the mail coming from myroot@pnart.com, not myalias@pnart.com. Furthermore, if HE replies it goes to the global "reply-to" address which is a THIRD address because I don't want the root address in general circulation, to minimize spam to my root email.
I'm getting complaints from clients and customers about this because they're not sure which email address they're expected to use.. Is there any third-party email provider that lets me have multiple aliases or identities that I can process from ONE inbox, but where the alias or identity is applied in a consistent way so my clients see just ONE email address from me?
Every week or so, my whitelist in ASSP is getting filled up with @*.de email addresses. Coincidentally, at that same time, I start receiving massive amounts of spam because those addresses are whitelisted.
Has anyone ever had this happen to them? The list of addresses is the same every time it happens, but it really worries me that somehow my whitelist is getting modified without my permission. The assp web interface is disabled (blocked at the firewall) because I update the configuration by just editing the files. SSH access is completely disabled, save for key authentication...So my thoughts are that somehow, an external address is able to modify my whitelist...somehow.
Does anyone have any thoughts or troubleshooting ideas for me?
I am managing a newsletter list and would like to remove the email addresses of messages that have failed or bounced.
I have been sending my newsletter with inhouse software that bundles email in the bcc field. As a result each bounced email lists multiple bounced emails in the body of the returned email.
I have found software that can automatically go through an inbox and make a list of all the bounces however this only works when the bounced emails show up in the email field.
Is there any way that I can retrieve a list of bounced email addresses without manually opening each email and getting the address?
I'm trying to see if it's possible to have 2 email addresses on the same domain (e.g. email1@domain.com and email2@domain.com) but are handled by 2 different email servers (e.g. mail.domain1.com and mail.domain2.com)?
To put it into context, I have a domain hosted on my dedicated server and a couple of email accounts set up on it. I also have another mail account set up on a different server but with the same domain. I was wondering if maybe something could be done with the DNS to allow the 'external' mail account to be handled by the other server?
I am running web hosting server with cPanel, and the Exim settings should be at it's defaults.
When I try to send an email to addresses@sbcglobal.net, I get the following error:
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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:
fasdfasdfa@sbcglobal.net
retry timeout exceeded
------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------
Return-path: <curt@precision-media.net>
Received: from [71.146.81.209] (helo=CURTPC)
by server.precision-media.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68)
(envelope-from <curt@precision-media.net>)
id 1IZyCz-0001P8-Ve
for asdfasdfasf@sbcglobal.net; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:23:26 -0700
Message-ID: <005001c7ff0a$4b5ab4a0$660aa8c0@CURTPC>
From: "Curt W." <curt@precision-media.net>
To: "asdfasdfas" <fasdfasdf@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: test
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:23:25 -0700
Organization: Precision-Media
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004B_01C7FECF.9D5CF9B0"
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138
X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000776-1, 09/24/2007), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C7FECF.9D5CF9B0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
test
------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C7FECF.9D5CF9B0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>test</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_004B_01C7FECF.9D5CF9B0--
I can receive just fine, I think I was replying to the email, but sending a new email gets the same error. Here are the email headers:
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Return-path: <>
Envelope-to: curt@precision-media.net
Delivery-date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:30:43 -0700
Received: from mailnull by server.precision-media.net with local (Exim 4.68)
id 1IZyK3-0001rA-94
for curt@precision-media.net; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:30:43 -0700
X-Failed-Recipients: sasgdafsdfasd@sbcglobal.net
Auto-Submitted: auto-replied
From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@server.precision-media.net>
To: curt@precision-media.net
Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
Message-Id: <E1IZyK3-0001rA-94@server.precision-media.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:30:43 -0700
X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000776-1, 09/24/2007), Inbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
I have two sites that register a high amount to SMTP traffic. Both sited have only forwarding email addresses.
Do forwarding addresses accumulate SMTP traffic on the log?
Also, if a forwarding email is created without a mailbox is it necessary to add a password so that "others" cannot use the blank SMTP server to send email out?
I was wondering if some of you more seasoned techie's can help me. I have a reseller hosting account and one of my clients is having issues with getting any email that is sent from any yahoo email account to her domain email. I have personally tried to send an email from my yahoo account to her domain email and here is the error I got back. None of my other clients has the issue. This is a new account by the way.
***********************************************************
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com.
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.
<andrea@jazzinaroundfarm.com>:
Sorry, I wasn't able to establish an SMTP connection. (#4.4.1)
I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long.
--- Below this line is a copy of the message.
Return-Path: <helpahorse24053@yahoo.com>
Received: (qmail 41845 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Sep 2007 21:20:30 -0000
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;
s=s1024; d=yahoo.com;
h=X-YMail-OSG:Receivedate:Fromubject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID;
b=iHu3WMU1gy5851VB+uyII7S0C2aOM3g6TEYnsWmtIWTwFLEJAI67A28e6mchNTTyfX3ioPZ9rl9TmA3l8J0YDPCDWWZcGMKqhVFco6nIHkaCVpF6ALXJ7q41VxHsn+nYFnb5UUpgVZ7lk+RDIyjv 70wiO+xmqzEXO/OAzEXvi0E=;
X-YMail-OSG: smDGXoAVM1lr_heTahTlEwmcKX4NEdCpvRAoON1.hOTrI6lWRVaNB0vUqOXD7pOWmadYN8I4vlXjvYS2W2xVQsH0rw--
Received: from [71.51.18.67] by web35804.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:20:30 PDT
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:20:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: betty haynes <helpahorse24053@yahoo.com>
Subject: testing to see if this comes through...this is Betty
To: andrea@jazzinaroundfarm.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1780532074-1190236830=:41745"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-ID: <315189.41745.qm@web35804.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
--0-1780532074-1190236830=:41745
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Just seeing if this comes through via my yahoo addy.
4-the-luv-of-a-critter
Please check out our new animal placement web site. It is a free service for anyone who is looking to place their pets in a new home.We list any animal regardless of species, breed, age etc .Our service is also used for those looking for that new pet. For more information please see our web site at [url]
Low Cost Web Design & Hosting [url]
My animals are the reason I live and breathe. With out them in my life I would just as soon be dead !---Betty Haynes
--0-1780532074-1190236830=:41745
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Just seeing if this comes through via my yahoo addy.<BR><BR><FONT color=#a040ff> <DIV>4-the-luv-of-a-critter <BR>Please check out our new animal placement web site. It is a free service for anyone who is looking to place their pets in a new home.We list any animal regardless of species, breed, age etc .Our service is also used for those looking for that new pet. For more information please see our web site at <A href="http://www.4-the-luv-of-a-critter.com/">[url]</A> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Low Cost Web Design & Hosting <A href="[url]">[url]</A> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My animals are the reason I live and breathe. With out them in my life I would just as soon be dead !---Betty Haynes</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT>
--0-1780532074-1190236830=:41745--
I have a problem with email accounts for a user which recieve email messages all wright but he can't send any email. All emails he send (even for himself) arn't delievered. He doesn't recieve any error messeges in return.
I thought to check exim_mainlog and exim_rejectlog but I don't know what exaxtly should I look for. and what needed to be reconfigured.
I am running Exim on RHE Linux and CPanel/WHM
Anyone here got any experience with autoresponders?
An autoresponder is setup, so that anyone emailing to admin@example.com, gets an autoresponder from enquiries@example.com asking for a couple of details, the person then replies to the autoresponder with the details, they then receive another autoresponder from enquiries@example.com confirming receipt of their last email. That's what should happen, but instead, the person keeps getting an autoresponder from enquiries@example.com asking for more details, even after they've already emailed the details?
If it's any help, when I've been testing this, when replying to the first autoresponder, I notice in the 'to' line it mentions both email address's, in the following format:
Enquiries@example.com <admin@example.com>
I own my domain [url] and have a reseller plan on a shared host [url]I have the DNS on godaddy pointed to the nameservers of reyox and on the Cpanel of my domain at reyox I have a forwarding account [url]set to forward to my gmail account.
To the best of my knowledge this has worked flawlessly for years but recently I have been starting to not receive emails from people. I found out when I wasn't getting replies I had been expecting and when I inquired or called the people instead they told me that hey replied... it's been happening over and over again lately.
When I asked my host last week they replied: "We did clear up some mail issues last night, some issues with the queue processing."
However after that it kept happening and now I am at a loss.
I don't know what's wrong nor how to troubleshoot it... It happened with people that are on all sorts of domains (gmail, aol, personal domains etc) and it happens sporadically...
It's really frustrating because I don't know what else I am not getting considering that every other day I find out about an expected email I didn't get.
The werid thing is that none of the senders whose emails got lost reported that they received a bounce issue...
how I can address this in terms of troubleshooting it and finding a solution?
Is there some sort of email monitoring services like there are site uptime monitoring services?
I am programming a bulk email sending for a client. I need a hosting company who can allow me to use Require 'Mail.php' to send about 5000 emails continuosly without fail.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI 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.
I'm having some trouble finding a hosting company that will let me send out bulk mail to my single opt-in (and CAN-SPAM compliant) list of 500,000+ subscribers.
Could anyone here recommend a hosting company that would be able to handle that? I put in a request through WHT's quote request form, but haven't gotten any replies to my query.
I know that there must be a host out there who is willing to let me do it, I just need to find it...
BTW, the list is scrubbed, and I will make every attempt to keep the IP's 100% clean, as I have a vested interest in making sure that my deliverability is high, so it's not like I'm going to "spam and run"...
I have noticed that a customer's emails are banned by certain RBL/antispam filters even though they are sent using SMTP-Authentication through a non-banned SMTP server.
It seems that its ISP IP is blacklisted..... Is this normal?