28 Dec
2010
28 Dec
'10
5:48 p.m.
We are having problems delivering mail to @btinternet.com addresses from
our VPS running Postfix on Debian Lenny. From the limited information I
found on Google it seems likely that the e-mails are being delivered but
then moved to the users webmail spam folder. In my case the (two) users
are not aware that they have webmail, but I believe they do (provided by
Yahoo?).
Here's a mail.log file extract (user name edited):
Dec 28 17:28:44 vs1 amavis[9066]: (09066-08) Passed CLEAN, [86.0.209.51]
[86.0.209.51] <martin(a)jset.net> -> <xyz(a)btinternet.com>om>, Message-ID:
<4D1A1E26.2060901(a)jset.net>et>, mail_id: BQJb5C4gVigN, Hits: -5, size:
6507007, queued_as: 41CD6E2F7, 1372 ms
Dec 28 17:28:44 vs1 postfix/smtp[9732]: 69772E2F3:
to=<xyz(a)btinternet.com>om>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=74,
delays=73/0/0/1.4, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok, id=09066-08,
from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 41CD6E2F7)
Dec 28 17:28:44 vs1 postfix/qmgr[5081]: 69772E2F3: removed
We use the same server for business and personal e-mails and the only
problem I'm aware of is with @btinternet.com addresses. Thunderbird on
the client machine is using the vs1 SMPT server with hostname jset.net.
Emails are delivered if we use our broadband provider's SMPT server (but
they are slow and frequently time out and not suitable for mobile working).
Any suggestions/configuration changes to debug this would be welcome.
Regards, Martin
28 Dec
28 Dec
7:54 p.m.
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:48:23 +0000
Martin Halford <martin(a)jset.net> wrote:
We are having problems delivering mail to
@btinternet.com addresses
from our VPS running Postfix on Debian Lenny. From the limited
information I found on Google it seems likely that the e-mails are
being delivered but then moved to the users webmail spam folder. In
my case the (two) users are not aware that they have webmail, but I
believe they do (provided by Yahoo?).
Hi Martin,
I had similar problems a few weeks ago. It's true that BT's email is
handled by Yahoo - users can access it via the normal Yahoo webmail
interface. Messages sent by my VDS running Postfix were indeed being
delivered to the spam folder. However this seems to have been resolved
now, either by users clicking the "not spam" button or by me setting up
a valid SPF record a few days ago. (You can see Yahoo check the SPF by
looking at the received headers.)
Nick
7:59 p.m.
FWIW, inconsistent message delivery to email servers run by Yahoo is the norm, and likely
does not indicate any problems on your end. They simply do an awful job, have done so
for at least 5 years, and show no signs of ever improving.
Graham
8:16 p.m.
On 28/12/2010 9:59 μμ, Graham Freeman wrote:
FWIW, inconsistent message delivery to email servers
run by Yahoo is the norm, and likely does not indicate any problems on your end. They
simply do an awful job, have done so for at least 5 years, and show no signs of ever
improving.
Graham
+1
You guys should see the mess they've made of delivery to yahoo.gr.
--G
10 p.m.
+1
Graham Freeman wrote:
FWIW, inconsistent message delivery to email servers
run by Yahoo is the norm, and likely does not indicate any problems on your end. They
simply do an awful job, have done so for at least 5 years, and show no signs of ever
improving.
Graham
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29 Dec
29 Dec
11:08 a.m.
FWIW, you can apply for yahoo whitelisting here:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/bulkv2.html
I've done this (even though I don't send "bulk" email - just "Your
order
has been dispatched" type emails). I've not had any feedback from
customers as to how effective it's been though.
Joseph
On 28/12/2010 22:00, Nigel Rantor wrote:
+1
Graham Freeman wrote:
FWIW, inconsistent message delivery to email
servers run by Yahoo is
the norm, and likely does not indicate any problems on your end.
They simply do an awful job, have done so for at least 5 years, and
show no signs of ever improving.
Graham
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11:47 a.m.
On 29/12/10 11:08, Joseph Heenan wrote:
FWIW, you can apply for yahoo whitelisting here:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/bulkv2.html
I've done this (even though I don't send "bulk" email - just "Your
order has been dispatched" type emails). I've not had any feedback
from customers as to how effective it's been though.
Joseph
On 28/12/2010 22:00, Nigel Rantor wrote:
Thank you all for your replies. I'll look into setting up an SPF record
although last time I considered this I seem to remember there were some
downsides to this (users using broadband provider mail servers?).
Regards, Martin
+1
Graham Freeman wrote:
> FWIW, inconsistent message delivery to email servers run by Yahoo is
> the norm, and likely does not indicate any problems on your end.
> They simply do an awful job, have done so for at least 5 years, and
> show no signs of ever improving.
>
> Graham
>
9:11 p.m.
On 28/12/10 19:59, Graham Freeman wrote:
FWIW, inconsistent message delivery to email servers run by Yahoo is the norm, and likely
does not indicate any problems on your end. They simply do an awful job, have done so
for at least 5 years, and show no signs of ever improving.
They also don't seem interested in trying to improve.
I had a go at reporting a lost e-mail a couple of years ago. I had
traces of it having been accepted by their mail server from my mail
server, and I filled in a very detailed problem report on line.
In response I got an automated e-mail asking me to provide all the same
information again by e-mail. When I tried sending to the given e-mail
address my e-mail bounced because the address which they'd asked me to
send it to didn't exist.
They also quite simply lie on their information pages. Some of their
explanations say that your e-mails are being delayed because they've had
numerous complaints from their customers about spam emanating from your
mail server, and yet this can (and does) happen the instant you set up a
brand new mail server.
The only possible advice to give is to avoid BT/Yahoo as an e-mail
provider. They're incompetent and clearly feel they're too important to
have to improve.
John
10:21 p.m.
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:11:10 +0000
John Winters <john(a)sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
They also quite simply lie on their information pages.
Some of their
explanations say that your e-mails are being delayed because they've
had numerous complaints from their customers about spam emanating
from your mail server, and yet this can (and does) happen the instant
you set up a brand new mail server.
I have tried a couple of time to join the Yahoo GeneWeb Group but got
the same sort of response from Yahoo about my server being a source of
spam. I actually send my startx emails through zen's smtp server so
don't have an mail server as such.
I have given up on trying to join and now rely on reading the archived
GeneWeb Group stuff, it isn't too big a loss as at least 50% of the
emails are written in French without an English translation included.
--
John Lewis
"Kingsclere Families" website uses the GeneWeb genealogy data server
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