Michel Sorry, it is not a simple answer. They suggest DKIM, SPF and DMARC for authentication, and setting these up will take a bit of effort. It is not clear how Google scores an email to block spam, maybe one of the authentication systems above would be adequate. Or maybe they are all required.
Have you tried forwarding to a yahoo account? It might be easier. Rick On January 19, 2019 1:02:39 PM EST, "Michael P. Soulier" <msoul...@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: >So, I help our my sister's business by handling her domain. For some >time she has paid for a virtual server with westhost.com, and on it, I >have a simple forward rule in /etc/aliases for her business account to >her gmail account, as she requested. > >trish: tsoul...@gmail.com >petservices: trish > >So someone emailing petservi...@pawsitiveapproach.ca will result in a >forward to tsoul...@gmail.com. This has been working fine. > >Suddenly it's not. > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- >tsoul...@gmail.com > (reason: 550-5.7.1 This message does not have authentication >information or fails to pass) > (expanded from: trish) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >... while talking to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.: >>>> DATA ><<< 550-5.7.1 This message does not have authentication information or >fails to pass ><<< 550-5.7.1 authentication checks. To best protect our users from >spam, the ><<< 550-5.7.1 message has been blocked. Please visit ><<< 550-5.7.1 >https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication for more ><<< 550 5.7.1 information. s3si2560808iom.144 - gsmtp >554 5.0.0 Service unavailable > >I don't understand why google is asking for authentication for a simple >forward. We're not relaying, we're forwarding. > >I'm in the middle of moving her nameservers to use my config at >digitalocean so I can better control her setup, but I've had the same >issue there with a simple mail forward so I'm asking. > >If I use postfix' virtual hosting, then that works. But why would a >simple /etc/aliases forward be rejected? > >Help appreciated. Google's explanation is not helpful, at least to me. > >Mike > >To unsubscribe send a blank message to >linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com
