Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-15 Thread Al Iverson
>> But Brandon works for Google. The subject of this thread is "Delivery to >> Gmail". It isn’t about his customers, and it isn’t about emails to end users >> at all. It’s about how Google respond with an SMTP reject, in the SMTP >> conversation, to a particular temporary DNS error. Some of us woul

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-14 Thread Brandon Long
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 6:01 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote: > > > On 14 Dec 2015, at 08:06, David Hofstee wrote: > > > > I am not confusing them. That would be weird. > > > > I am saying, to Brandon FWIW, that their users may be a little bit like > our customers (ie often not technical). > > But Brandon

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-14 Thread Ian Eiloart
gt; Aan: David Hofstee > CC: mailop@mailop.org > Onderwerp: Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6 > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 3:59 AM, David Hofstee wrote: > That’s why, in ESP parlance, there are two sorts of bounces, to keep it > simple: > -

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-14 Thread David Hofstee
address doesn’t work (any more) David Van: Franck Martin [mailto:fmar...@linkedin.com] Verzonden: vrijdag 11 december 2015 18:14 Aan: David Hofstee CC: mailop@mailop.org Onderwerp: Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6 On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 3:59 AM, David Hofstee mailto:da...@mailplus.nl

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread Franck Martin
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 3:59 AM, David Hofstee wrote: > That’s why, in ESP parlance, there are two sorts of bounces, to keep it > simple: > > - Hardbounces: The recipient address does not work. Contact > through other means. > > - Softbounces: This email did not arrive. Try agai

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread Steve Atkins
e actionable for a sender, in >> a message, is when the content gets unacceptable (spam, too big). >> >> We have about 30 categories to explain what type of error occurred >> (available on request). >> >> Met vriendelijke groet, >> >> >> David Ho

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread David Hofstee
--Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Ian Eiloart [mailto:i...@sussex.ac.uk] Verzonden: vrijdag 11 december 2015 15:07 Aan: David Hofstee CC: mailop@mailop.org Onderwerp: Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6 I wonder why they don’t use the terminology from the RFCs: "reject", "defer

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread Ian Eiloart
t; > Met vriendelijke groet, > > > David Hofstee > Deliverability Management > MailPlus B.V. Netherlands (ESP) > > Van: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] Namens Brandon Long > Verzonden: donderdag 10 december 2015 22:23 > Aan: Dave Warren > CC: mailop >

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread David Hofstee
Verzonden: donderdag 10 december 2015 22:23 Aan: Dave Warren CC: mailop Onderwerp: Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6 I was just discussing this issue with our support folks, and we're looking at improving ours for this reason. We also see a remarkable number of our NDRs marked as

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread Ian Eiloart
> On 10 Dec 2015, at 18:43, Franck Martin wrote: > > It also has to do with people not understanding DSN. Seriously they are ugly > and hard to find the relevant information in them... Agreed, but if the recipient doesn’t understand the message, and doesn’t act on it, then it doesn’t matter w

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread Gil Bahat
Also bounce.io , but these are very bad services. They bounce to the reply to, not bounce address: former is likely monitored, latter is likely automated removal. On Dec 11, 2015 10:40 AM, "Franck Martin" wrote: > There a whole business, https://betterbounces.net, based on rewriting the > NDR int

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-11 Thread Franck Martin
There a whole business, https://betterbounces.net, based on rewriting the NDR into something any user can read, with a meaningful call to action. I love the technical info too, but as Brandon said, it could be later in the email. On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Brandon Long wrote: > I was just

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-10 Thread Dave Warren
And unfortunately the friendlier they are, the less useful they usually are. The ugly ones are the only ones that are useful, but for whatever reason, it's beyond MTA developers to start with friendly messages with a "Troubleshooting information below" that contains a useful transcript. As a

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-10 Thread Franck Martin
It also has to do with people not understanding DSN. Seriously they are ugly and hard to find the relevant information in them... On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:11 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote: > > > On 8 Dec 2015, at 18:31, Franck Martin wrote: > > > > Yes, reject > > > > It seems that email systems that

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-10 Thread Ian Eiloart
> On 8 Dec 2015, at 18:31, Franck Martin wrote: > > Yes, reject > > It seems that email systems that send you a DSN because of a temporary > rejection are becoming rarer… Well, that might be an artefact of more reliable mail systems, and market concentration around medium and large mail prov

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-08 Thread SM
Hi Tony, At 05:39 08-12-2015, Tony Finch wrote: This isn't competing standards, this is a fundamental feature of one standard. Ian is prefering to use exactly the same terminology as RFC 5321 section 6.2: If they cannot be delivered, and cannot be rejected by the SMTP se

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-08 Thread Franck Martin
Yes, reject It seems that email systems that send you a DSN because of a temporary rejection are becoming rarer... On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 3:19 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote: > > > On 7 Dec 2015, at 23:56, Franck Martin wrote: > > > > Also, often than not, the MTA moves on, and don't wait for an answer

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-08 Thread Tony Finch
David Hofstee wrote: > Ian Eiloart wrote: > > > > ... I prefer to call that a rejection rather than a bounce. ... > > https://xkcd.com/927/ This isn't competing standards, this is a fundamental feature of one standard. Ian is prefering to use exactly the same terminology as RFC 5321 section 6.2:

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-08 Thread David Hofstee
https://xkcd.com/927/ -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] Namens Ian Eiloart Verzonden: dinsdag 8 december 2015 12:20 Aan: Franck Martin CC: Brandon Long; Tony Finch; mailop Onderwerp: Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6 ... I prefer to call that a

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-08 Thread Ian Eiloart
> On 7 Dec 2015, at 23:56, Franck Martin wrote: > > Also, often than not, the MTA moves on, and don't wait for an answer from the > DNS resolver. It happens even more with DNSSEC, cf > https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/services/replysizetest. > > I tend to agree bouncing the message now, rather t

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-07 Thread Franck Martin
Also, often than not, the MTA moves on, and don't wait for an answer from the DNS resolver. It happens even more with DNSSEC, cf https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/services/replysizetest. I tend to agree bouncing the message now, rather than have it in the queue for 4 days, lead to faster fix... Many p

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-07 Thread Ian Eiloart
> On 7 Dec 2015, at 17:59, Brandon Long wrote: > > Is a DNSSEC failure like this really going to resolve itself in 3-7 days? > Are you even going to know there's an issue if the message is just sitting in > a queue instead of delivering or bouncing? Well, yes, because of course we’ll be sen

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-07 Thread Tony Finch
Brandon Long wrote: > > I won't claim our failure mode here is correct for all cases, but the flip > side is, this is what you get with dnssec by design. By design the DNS distinguishes between nonexistent (i.e. NXDOMAIN or NODATA) and failure (SERVFAIL). If there is a security error DNSSEC gives

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-04 Thread Tony Finch
Franck Martin wrote: > It depends if it is at connection time, or after the RFC5321.MailFrom where > the SPF can be evaluated. If there is no valid rDNS and no SPF, rejecting > after SPF evaluation may not be a bad solution, If there is a DNSSEC failure you can't tell whether or not there is any

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-04 Thread Franck Martin
It depends if it is at connection time, or after the RFC5321.MailFrom where the SPF can be evaluated. If there is no valid rDNS and no SPF, rejecting after SPF evaluation may not be a bad solution, as anyhow in a great majority of cases it aint going to be fixed during all these retries, till the e

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-04 Thread Tony Finch
Franck Martin wrote: > http://dnsviz.net/d/5.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.7.2.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.1.5.0.4.2.ip6.arpa/dnssec/ Gmail should treat that as a temporary error not a permanent one. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finchhttp://dotat.at/ Biscay: Southwesterly 5 or 6 in northwest, otherwise, nor

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-04 Thread SM
Hi Ted, At 18:00 03-12-2015, Ted Cooper wrote: So whomever runs 0.4.2.ip6.arpa has screwed up their key roll over and the entire branch is now unsigned?! organisation: APNIC Anyone know who to poke to get that fixed? APNIC is a RIR. You can send an email to their helpdesk. Feel free to dro

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-03 Thread Brandon Long
We're dependent on the honest DNS folks, and have talked to them about the possibility of them returning us expired data in the case of server errors, but they haven't been too excited by the possibility. And you should note that even coming though in via ipv4 may not outright reject, but it heav

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-03 Thread Ted Cooper
On 04/12/15 11:10, Franck Martin wrote: > check > http://dnsviz.net/d/5.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.7.2.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.1.5.0.4.2.ip6.arpa/dnssec/ That's a DNSSEC error on servers that are so far out of reach they may as well be on mars. That makes things a little difficult to fix, or even tr

Re: [mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-03 Thread Franck Martin
check http://dnsviz.net/d/5.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.7.2.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.1.5.0.4.2.ip6.arpa/dnssec/ On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Ted Cooper wrote: > I'm starting to conclude that attempting IPv6 delivery to gmail servers > is simply not worth the electrons. > > Understandably, gmail ha

[mailop] Delivery to gmail via IPv6

2015-12-03 Thread Ted Cooper
I'm starting to conclude that attempting IPv6 delivery to gmail servers is simply not worth the electrons. Understandably, gmail have rules in place for the PTR/ RR of sending IPv6 addresses. I have no issue with these, as setting them up is MailServers-100 (Not even the 101) and, I use such c