Hi, everyone. On Monday, June 6, 2016, 5:02:48 AM, Harald Faber wrote:
HF> Hi all, HF> I have found the following thread in a German TheBat board: HF> https://www.batboard.net/index.php/Thread/13294-TB-4-2-44-2-kann-pl%C3%B6tzlich-keine-Mails-mehr-versenden-1-1-gmx/ HF> The trouble might have to do with SPF which has been introduced for HF> 1und1, gmx, web.de: HF> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/United-Internet-verschaerft-Spam-Bekaempfung-3225281.html HF> (German) If you recall, I initiated this thread last week when I was unable to send messages from four of 24 accounts. (Harald changed the subject line.) Today, I spoke with tech support at 1and1.com. I also shared with them the links, below. After being on hold for over a half hour this is what I learned: 1. On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 1and1.com initiated SPF protocol. You can Google "SPF Protocol" to learn more about what SPF protocol is, but in general, it is "is an anti-spam approach in which the Internet domain of an e-mail sender can be authenticated for that sender, thereby discouraging spam mailers, who routinely disguise the origin of their e-mail, a practice known as e-mail spoofing. SPF and other anti-spoofing initiatives, such as Domain Keys, work by making it easier for a mail server to determine when a message came from a domain other than the one claimed." See http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/Sender-Policy-Framework . 2. Following numerous complaints from customers, 1and1.com, on Friday, June 3, 2016, rolled back their system to the setting in place prior to implementation of SPF protocol. 3. Notwithstanding the rollback, the tech support representative acknowledged that a number of users, such as myself, are still unable to send e-mail. She also acknowledged that others who attempt to send e-mail to user accounts will experience a bounce back, even if not all mail sent to a user account is bounced back. Indeed, that has been my experience: I have received several reports of individuals not being able to send e-mail to my 1and1.com accounts, even though some mail has been getting through to these accounts. The tech support representative said that upper level administrators were trying to determine how to correct this problem but did not have any answers at this time. She promised to get back to me within 24 to 48 hours. So, it remains to be seen if there will be a fix. In the meantime, later reports on this thread suggest that upgrading to the latest version of The Bat has solved the problem for some, so I will be trying that as well. I have also experienced some instability in the current version, which I will discuss in a separate thread, which is another reason I intend to upgrade shortly. -- Avi Avram Sacks, using The Bat! Pro ver. 6.0.0.28 on Win 7 Pro ________________________________________________ Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
