Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-23 Thread elvis
On 22/8/19 3:25 am, Henning Follmann wrote: On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 07:43:26AM +1000, elvis wrote: No need to. I have a single question - do you use SpamAssassin or Rspamd? I installed postgrey, my spam went from maybe 10 a day (that were caught by spammassain) to maybe 1 or 2 a month.

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Brian
On Wed 21 Aug 2019 at 22:23:20 +0100, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:09:20 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 21 Aug 2019 at 20:33:12 +0100, Joe wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:07:36 +0100 > > > Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Ease up? Perhaps. > > > > > > > > The "in gener

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Joe
On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:09:20 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Wed 21 Aug 2019 at 20:33:12 +0100, Joe wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:07:36 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > Ease up? Perhaps. > > > > > > The "in general" is interesting and informative. Suppose the USPS, > > > Royal Mail or

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 21 aug 19, 20:07:36, Brian wrote: > On Wed 21 Aug 2019 at 13:19:32 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > Please ease up! I do not advocate this in general and I made > > the limited use very clear. If a local plumber with 5 employees > > uses this just for his business no freedom of speech

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Brian
On Wed 21 Aug 2019 at 20:33:12 +0100, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:07:36 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > > Ease up? Perhaps. > > > > The "in general" is interesting and informative. Suppose the USPS, > > Royal Mail or Deutsche Post etc decided the point of origin or the > > destination for

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread mick crane
On 2019-08-21 20:07, Brian wrote: The epitomy of this is the discrimination against dynamic addresses. Want to be a mail second class citizen on the Net? Easy; don't have a static address. Want to be homeless and send or receive a letter - Royal Mail will not stop you. Email is a solution which

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Joe
On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:07:36 +0100 Brian wrote: > > Ease up? Perhaps. > > The "in general" is interesting and informative. Suppose the USPS, > Royal Mail or Deutsche Post etc decided the point of origin or the > destination for a mail was a criterion in their delivery policy? What > a world we

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Brian
On Wed 21 Aug 2019 at 13:19:32 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:38:13PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 20 Aug 2019 at 14:43:08 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > In some cases I block complete regions (geoip blocking). This > > > obviously works onl

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Joe
On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:51:35 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 02:44:22 PM Joe wrote: > > I would be. Every day I read an email from my server listing every > > sender's email address where my server has refused to accept the > > mail and which were sent to one of the t

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 03:12:59PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:58:05 -0400 > Henning Follmann wrote: > > ... > > > I also block constantcontact and mailchimp, because they are basically > > commercial spamming services and anyone can add anyone on any mailing list. > > See, t

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Henning Follmann
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 05:21:14PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:46:11AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 04:42:43PM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > > >On Tue 20/Aug/2019 19:26:23 +0200 Michael Stone wrote: > > >>>If you are not spamming people

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 03:51:22PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 01:45:52PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > I was referring to "add your MTA for no good reason". > > That is vague and really not true. > > Why do you think that? Your ability to find out why a specific dom

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Henning Follmann
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 07:43:26AM +1000, elvis wrote: > > > No need to. I have a single question - do you use SpamAssassin or Rspamd? > > > > > > > I installed postgrey, my spam went from maybe 10 a day (that were caught by > spammassain) to maybe 1 or 2 a month. > postgrey has some severe

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:38:13PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 20 Aug 2019 at 14:43:08 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > [...] > > > > In some cases I block complete regions (geoip blocking). This > > obviously works only for "local" mailservers. > > But if you business doesn't have international

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 02:44:22 PM Joe wrote: > I would be. Every day I read an email from my server listing every > sender's email address where my server has refused to accept the mail > and which were sent to one of the three real names my server deals > with. So, is that from your own ema

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 05:32:28PM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: On Tue 20/Aug/2019 23:11:27 +0200 Michael Stone wrote: As an example, see https://www.spamhaus.org/dbl/ and "RHSBL" These lists are used for content inspection So you didn't look for what RHSBL means? The level of "my experie

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On Tue 20/Aug/2019 23:11:27 +0200 Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:10:08PM +0300, Reco wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 03:45:31PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:39:43PM +0300, Reco wrote: Unless a blacklist adds victims by AS number, a change of M

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:46:11AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 04:42:43PM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > >On Tue 20/Aug/2019 19:26:23 +0200 Michael Stone wrote: > >>>If you are not spamming people you also will not end up on a blacklist. > >> > >>Well, actual real-world

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 04:42:43PM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: On Tue 20/Aug/2019 19:26:23 +0200 Michael Stone wrote: If you are not spamming people you also will not end up on a blacklist. Well, actual real-world experience shows that to not be true. You should (noisily) bring out that

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-21 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On Tue 20/Aug/2019 19:26:23 +0200 Michael Stone wrote: >> If you are not spamming people you also will not end up on a blacklist. > > Well, actual real-world experience shows that to not be true. You should (noisily) bring out that case! Blacklists have to balance between reliability and comple

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 07:43:26AM +1000, elvis wrote: I installed postgrey, my spam went from maybe 10 a day (that were caught by spammassain) to maybe 1 or 2 a month. Very little of my spam was blocked by postgrey, but it did break some legitimate messages from providers not big enough to l

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread elvis
No need to. I have a single question - do you use SpamAssassin or Rspamd? I installed postgrey, my spam went from maybe 10 a day (that were caught by spammassain) to maybe 1 or 2 a month. -- Money not found. (A)pply for Bankruptcy, (R)efinance, (F)lee?

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:10:08PM +0300, Reco wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 03:45:31PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:39:43PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 01:22:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: >

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Reco
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 03:45:31PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:39:43PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 01:22:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > So it boils down to "MTA needs care on a regu

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Brian
On Tue 20 Aug 2019 at 15:29:41 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:29:54 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > ... > > > The existence of an Internet swamped with spam has led to spam fighters > > policing it and users demanding a means not to receive it. Between the > > two, sending email direct

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 01:45:52PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: I was referring to "add your MTA for no good reason". That is vague and really not true. Why do you think that? Your ability to find out why a specific domain got on a blacklist is pretty close to zero. You may be able to look a

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:39:43PM +0300, Reco wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 01:22:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > So it boils down to "MTA needs care on a regular basis" and "some > blacklist can add your MTA for no good reason". First o

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Brian
On Tue 20 Aug 2019 at 14:43:08 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 09:16:58PM +0300, Reco wrote: > [...] > > > I could go on. > > > > No need to. I have a single question - do you use SpamAssassin or Rspamd? > > > > > In most cases I use spamassassin. > However my main defen

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:29:54 +0100 Brian wrote: ... > The existence of an Internet swamped with spam has led to spam fighters > policing it and users demanding a means not to receive it. Between the > two, sending email directly has become more and more difficult. Spam > hasn't disappeared or be

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:58:05 -0400 Henning Follmann wrote: ... > I also block constantcontact and mailchimp, because they are basically > commercial spamming services and anyone can add anyone on any mailing list. See, this just illustrates the problem with aggresive blocking. Those policies ma

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Dan Clery
An eye opener for me was when my site got blacklisted as a spammer because I was sending bounce messages for every email I refused to accept (due to spam). False positives happen more often then you'd think when you're receiving legitimate emails in English, from international non-native speakers,

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Joe
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:24:42 -0400 Michael Stone wrote: > Heck, there are even debian > contributors whose personal email domains bounce emails from other > debian contributors. Who knows if they're even aware of that? > I would be. Every day I read an email from my server listing every sende

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 09:16:58PM +0300, Reco wrote: [...] > > I could go on. > > No need to. I have a single question - do you use SpamAssassin or Rspamd? > > In most cases I use spamassassin. However my main defense line is spamhaus and spamcop. On spamcop I use also their service to submit co

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Brian
On Tue 20 Aug 2019 at 11:24:42 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 05:57:40PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:48:44AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:31:57AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > If you setup your DNS properly creat

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Reco
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 01:45:52PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:22:23PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:58:05PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:24:42AM -040

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:22:23PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:58:05PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:24:42AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 05:57:40PM +0300,

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Reco
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 01:22:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > So it boils down to "MTA needs care on a regular basis" and "some > > blacklist can add your MTA for no good reason". First one is universal > > (applies to any Internet-facing

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:58:05PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:24:42AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > Heck, there are even debian > contributors whose personal email domains bounce emails from other > debian contributors. Who knows if they're even aware of that? Ar

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: So it boils down to "MTA needs care on a regular basis" and "some blacklist can add your MTA for no good reason". First one is universal (applies to any Internet-facing service), second one can be beat with a creative use of hosting. Also, htt

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Reco
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:58:05PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:24:42AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 05:57:40PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:48:44AM -0400,

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:14:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:24:42AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 05:57:40PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:48:44AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:31:57AM -0400, Hen

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Reco
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:24:42AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 05:57:40PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:48:44AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:31:57AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > If you setup your DNS properly cr

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 05:57:40PM +0300, Reco wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:48:44AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:31:57AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > If you setup your DNS properly create SPF an DKIM almost all > providers will accept your email IF (and that's

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:48:44AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:31:57AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > > If you setup your DNS properly create SPF an DKIM almost all > > providers will accept your email IF (and that's a very big if) > > you do not spam. >

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 07:31:57AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: If you setup your DNS properly create SPF an DKIM almost all providers will accept your email IF (and that's a very big if) you do not spam. That's a nice idea, but simply not true. You'll be ok right up until you aren't, and as

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread mick crane
On 2019-08-19 19:35, Richard Owlett wrote: IOW *CHEAPSKATES LOSE* You've been to the Isle of Wight haven't you. -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:31:57 -0400 Henning Follmann wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 05:15:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 03:57:32PM -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote: > > > On 8/19/19 3:41 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > And, there are paid mail services which are no

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-20 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 05:15:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 03:57:32PM -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote: > > On 8/19/19 3:41 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > > > And, there are paid mail services which are nonetheless pretty > > > terrible. All that using a paid mail service m

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-19 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 03:57:32PM -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote: On 8/19/19 3:41 PM, Michael Stone wrote: And, there are paid mail services which are nonetheless pretty terrible. All that using a paid mail service means is that you aren't using a free mail service. I disagree... I like h

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-19 Thread Christopher Marlow
On 8/19/19 3:41 PM, Michael Stone wrote: And, there are paid mail services which are nonetheless pretty terrible. All that using a paid mail service means is that you aren't using a free mail service. I disagree... I like having my domain and email.. I just didn't like the way the free emai

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-19 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:33:22PM +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote: Besides, even when paying for your mail provider does not mean Google won't read the mail received on the Gmail inbox of your And, there are paid mail services which are nonetheless pretty terrible. All that using a paid mail ser

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-19 Thread Étienne Mollier
David Wright, on 2019-08-19: > On Mon 19 Aug 2019 at 13:35:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > TANSTAAFL, TINSTAAFL, TNSTAAFLetc ;/ > > I have a *PAID* email provider. > > I have a *PAID* Usenet provider. > > > > > > IOW > > *CHEAPSKATES LOSE* > > > >u get what you paid for!

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-19 Thread David Wright
On Mon 19 Aug 2019 at 13:35:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > TANSTAAFL, TINSTAAFL, TNSTAAFLetc ;/ > I have a *PAID* email provider. > I have a *PAID* Usenet provider. > > > IOW > *CHEAPSKATES LOSE* > >u get what you paid for It's reasonable to demand to know what yo

Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-19 Thread Michael Howard
On 19/08/2019 19:35, Richard Owlett wrote: TANSTAAFL, TINSTAAFL, TNSTAAFL    etc ;/ I have a *PAID* email provider. I have a *PAID* Usenet provider. IOW   *CHEAPSKATES LOSE*    u get what you paid for Er, glad you got that off your chest! -- Mike Howard

Solution to "pathetic email complaints"

2019-08-19 Thread Richard Owlett
TANSTAAFL, TINSTAAFL, TNSTAAFLetc ;/ I have a *PAID* email provider. I have a *PAID* Usenet provider. IOW *CHEAPSKATES LOSE* u get what you paid for