Gmail has recently started requiring a _dmarc dns record to be created to continue to accept emails. I've had to do that in several other non-bbs
systems lately because they are cracking down on "spam". Not to suggest what you're sending is spam, but you should look into creating a _dmarc dns
address that works for you, even if it's to do nothing.
Since I'm relaying my outgoing email through Vertrauen, I'm not sure if it would be me or Vertrauen that needs thta DNS record.
Nightfox
It might just be an SPF record that you need (for *your* domain). Vertruaen already has an SPF record for the synchro.net domain and I can send to gmail addresses (from synchro.net domains) just fine.
Re: Email relay through Vertrauen failing
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Jan 17 2024 12:28 pm
It might just be an SPF record that you need (for *your* domain). Vertruaen already has an SPF record for the synchro.net domain and I can send to gmail addresses (from synchro.net domains) just fine.
I'm finally getting around (again) to trying to fix my BBS's issue of outgoing emails being rejected by Gmail.
I saw this page on the wiki explaining how to set up email security, including the SPF record and others:
https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:emailsec
It seems Gmail does indeed need an SPF record. According to the wiki page, and using the SPF maker tool, I made an SPF record and set it up in my domain (digitaldistortionbbs.com). I've tried sending some emails to my gmail address, but it seems they're still being rejected.
I've tried a few different things in my SPF record but with no success. This is my current SPF record:
"v=spf1 mx a ptr a:vert.synchro.net include:digdist.synchro.net include:vert.synchro.net ?all"
Using mxtoolbox.com, I did an SPF check of my domain and it seems it should be valid. I probably don't have it configured correctly, but I'm not sure what might be wrong. Do you have an idea?
(digitaldistortionbbs.com). I've tried sending some emails to my gmail address, but it seems they're still being rejected.
If you're relaying your outbound mail through Vertrauen, then the mail could be sent from cvs.synchro.net or vert.synchro.net (2 different hosts), so you would need to list both in your SPF.
I just use "v=spf1 mx a -all" and that works for me.
(digitaldistortionbbs.com). I've tried sending some emails to my gmail
address, but it seems they're still being rejected.
Are they being rejected or being sent to spam? Also, do you have the PTR for your IP matching the A record? I heard they like both an SPF record and matching A/PTRs. Like DM said, tho, "v=spf1 mx a -all" seems to work for the SPF.
It looks like an A record is for a destination IP address. Since my IP address could be dynamic, my concern would be that I'd have to change my A record when my IP address changes, and I don't know when my IP address might change.
Also, I just tried adding an A recor
with my IP address, but it complains
because a CNAME,NS record already
exists having the same name (I use
I'm guessing CNAME is ok.. but that URL
in your previous message talks about
having both SPF and DKIM.
Re: Email relay through Vertrauen
By: phigan to Nightfox on Thu Jun 13 2024 12:55 pm
I'm guessing CNAME is ok.. but that URL
in your previous message talks about
having both SPF and DKIM.
The Synchronet wiki page for email security says "Note: DKIM capabilities is currently not available in Synchronet". The page from Google says that they require the following:
- All senders: SPF or DKIM
- Bulk senders: SPF, DKIM, and DMARK
I'm not a bulk sender, and since it says SPF OR DKIM, I thought either one would suffice (i.e., only SPF).
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