[ale] Bounce notifications

[Joey Kelly]

On Friday 23 June 2017 13:30:20 George P. Burdell wrote:
> I heartily encourage you to use Google Groups like UCLUG or ColaLUG uses.
> Then Google does all the work of dealing with this spam crap.

I didn't get to be an overpaid senior *nix admin by outsourcing services.

--Joey

> 
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Lightner, Jeffrey <
> 
> JLightner at dsservices.com> wrote:
> > Most folks use TXT in lieu of SPF to do things like domainkeys or other
> > spf like workarounds.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I’ve run across very few sites that have an actual SPF RR though they
> > often include “spf” in their TXT RRs.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of
> > *Jerald Sheets
> > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2017 9:52 AM
> > *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > *Cc:* jimkinney at gmail.com
> > *Subject:* Re: [ale] Bounce notifications
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Oh, there you go.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I believe I saw a blurb somewhere that gmail was going to start blocking
> > anything without an SPF (or was it domain keys?) I dunno.  Still
> > important.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > —j
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Jun 23, 2017, at 8:20 AM, Lightner, Jeffrey <JLightner at dsservices.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The other day someone mentioned an spf record.   On doing a dig just now I
> > don’t see either spf or txt records for ale.org.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The reverse for mail.ale.org IP is OK though.   (I checked that because
> > some people block “generic” reverses for mail.)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org
> > <ale-bounces at ale.org>] *On Behalf Of *Jim Kinney
> > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2017 6:24 AM
> > *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> > *Subject:* [ale] Bounce notifications
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > All,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > It seems the mailman instance for ALE is bouncing messages excessively
> > (and filling my inbox with subscriber blocked notices - up to about 350
> > now).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Please be patient as this gets resolved.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Robert, please check the logs for any obvious issues over the past 24-48
> > hours. Also please post a blurb about the existence of this issue on the
> > website. Doing so by cell phone screen and keyboard is not working for me.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I have seen past connectivity issues for the ALE server that were
> > intermittent and network specific that appeared as router table failures
> > (connect fail, connection to wrong system, nonexistent IP address, etc).
> > Nothing like the scale I currently see.
> > 
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> > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Joey Kelly
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