Hello Achdut18, On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 21:30:50 -0500 GMT (07-Jun-16, 09:30 +0700 GMT), Achdut18 wrote:
> 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. Thanks for the effort and for reporting it back here. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 7.1.18.3 (BETA) under Windows 10.0 Build 10586 ________________________________________________ Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
