<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>Anyone else get that google redirect email?</p>
<p>Michael</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 29, 2012 2:17 PM, "Kendall Shaw" <<a href="mailto:kshaw@kendallshaw.com">kshaw@kendallshaw.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
<br>
The thing about the MX records was about how the domain name hosting service relays spam through the server with the ip address that my MX records are set to.<br>
<br>
So, I could pay for hosting a mail server as well as domain name, as you say. I repeatedly learn about mail servers set them up and leave them unchanged for a long time. I then forget how to maintain them and have a big hassle when I have to change something. If that is the only option I'm left with, I will do that. But, people manage to use email without running into this problem. So, there must be a solution. I imagine a hosting company might be more likely to care about their servers being on spam lists.<br>
<br>
I can't send email from my home because the ISP blocks it.<br>
<br>
What do companies do that have email forwarded? They can't have their customers' email rejected. I guess they send an employee out to find another domain name hosting service. I don't want to do the same thing as that employee. I doubt spamhaus answers email with recommendations. Maybe I will try.<br>
<br>
Kendall<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11/29/2012 01:31 PM, Mitch Patenaude wrote:<br>
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MX records only apply to incoming mail, and from reading your post, it<br>
seems that it's outbound email that has a problem, and the two aren't<br>
necessarily the same. This is a sticky problem, and their aren't any<br>
surefire answers. There are things you can do that might help.<br>
<br>
1) If you have the ability to edit your own DNS, the you could add an SPF<br>
record for your domain that matches their outbound server(s). This will<br>
tell people that their outbound server is *supposed* to handle mail for<br>
your domain, which should help. It'll look something like:<br>
<a href="http://kendallshaw.com" target="_blank">kendallshaw.com</a>. IN TXT "v=spf1 mx ip4:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/NN -all"<br>
<a href="http://kendallshaw.com" target="_blank">kendallshaw.com</a>. IN SPF "v=spf1 mx ip4:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/NN -all"<br>
<br>
2) If you are up to setting up your own postfix/qmail implementation on a<br>
virtual server somewhere, then you could just move off their mail servers<br>
altogether. You can also just handle the outbound email via your own<br>
server. I'd suggest implementing DKIM as well, though that's not strictly<br>
necessary.<br>
<br>
These are a bit advanced, so if you need help setting them up, there is<br>
likely somebody here who can help.<br>
<br>
-- Mitch<br>
<br>
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kendall Shaw <<a href="mailto:kshaw@kendallshaw.com" target="_blank">kshaw@kendallshaw.com</a>>wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
<br>
If this is too far off topic, I apologize. I have email forwarded to my<br>
ISP by my domain name registrar (I use fetchmail to put that in an imap<br>
server. so that's how this is related to linux...). Their host that relays<br>
email for my account gets on the CBL at spamhaus. So, people who send me<br>
email get an email back that seems to be saying that I am a spammer. This<br>
is a disaster.<br>
<br>
The registrar tech support people that I talked to said that they won't<br>
move my MX record to a different host and that there is nothing that they<br>
can do.<br>
<br>
If I understand correctly, the host that relays email to my ISP could use<br>
a spam detection service, for example spamhaus, on email that they relay,<br>
and take preventative measures.<br>
<br>
Do you know how I can find a domain name registrar that doesn't get it's<br>
servers on spam lists frequently? Aside from asking each one and hoping to<br>
be understood.<br>
<br>
Kendall<br>
<br>
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