February 10th, 2023, 12:30 PM | #1 |
ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much.
Blog Entries: 7
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Email blacklist (dammit all to hell!)
Much of the automated mail ninjette.org sends out just started getting blocked as of yesterday. This is due to the particular network block of the provider we use being identified as allowing too much spam. It has nothing to do with ninjette.org, and even has nothing to do with our particular server / IP space, which is shared with a number of other resources. We show clean on every other site - except for one called uceprotect.net, evidently in Switzerland, that is a bit more heavy-handed about flagging entire providers. The fix for it is that they charge 25 CHF (approximately $28) per month to whitelist the IP so mail can still get through. I'm not paying $360 a year to these idiots, and I don't have the time or energy right now to migrate to another provider. I'm hoping this may resolve itself, but I'm not able to guess the likelihood.
In the meantime, this means many/most users can't sign up for the site, can't get notifications for any threads or PMs, or anything other functionality that relies on an email being sent out, if they are using a mail provider that subscribes to these blocklists (and almost all major ones do). blocklist.jpg
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February 10th, 2023, 04:37 PM | #2 |
The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13
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February 10th, 2023, 05:17 PM | #3 |
Guy Who Enjoys Riding
Name: Jim
Location: North Carolina
Join Date: Jul 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Oct '18, Aug '17, Aug '16
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I've had this happen to the mail system for my company, and it took a while but is mostly OK now. I had to use Gmail's SMTP server during the problem. I chose that one since it's free and open to anyone, apparently. The only oddity was that my mail from mydomain.net was delivered as mydomain.net@gmail.com None of my customers seemed to notice or care.
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February 10th, 2023, 10:43 PM | #4 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Kerry
Location: Ventura, CA
Join Date: Jan 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja650 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Apr '18, Apr '17, Apr '16
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Wow, that stinks. I hope it clears itself up.
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February 10th, 2023, 10:55 PM | #5 | |
ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much.
Blog Entries: 7
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February 11th, 2023, 12:15 PM | #6 | |
EX500 full of EX250 parts
Name: Bill
Location: Grand Rapids-ish, MI
Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): '18 Ninja 400 • '09 Ninja 500R (selling) • '98 VFR800 (project) • '85 Vulcan VN700 (sold) Posts: A lot.
Blog Entries: 1
MOTM - Aug '15
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Hopefully this isn't very widely used. Not that I send much email, but my host is similarly listed in their Level 3 blacklist (my subnet is clean, but other blocks owned by the ISP have spam activity on them), and I wasn't even aware of it. I have a daily RBL check against my IP, and this has never shown up on it. I host email for my family members and haven't heard any complaints, so it's a little more traffic than just what I personally send.
They even say that you shouldn't block based on the Level 3 list (just use it as part of something like SpamAssassin to increase its spam score). Quote:
They do have cheaper 1- ($76) and 2-year ($98) whitelisting plans available, but I'm also in favor of not giving these people any money. But if it comes down to absolutely needing to do it, at least it's not quite so costly.
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February 11th, 2023, 01:35 PM | #7 |
Guy Who Enjoys Riding
Name: Jim
Location: North Carolina
Join Date: Jul 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Oct '18, Aug '17, Aug '16
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Does anyone really want email notifications? I always make sure I have that turned off on all the forums I visit. I'd have to be pretty uninterested in a forum to check it so little that I need a email notification when someone replies to a thread.
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February 11th, 2023, 04:46 PM | #8 | |
ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much.
Blog Entries: 7
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But while post/thread notifications are nice-to-haves, getting emails through for registration, password changes, etc. are a base requirement for functioning forum - email pretty much has to work.
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February 13th, 2023, 02:02 AM | #9 |
ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much.
Blog Entries: 7
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ninjette.org is still showing up on that blacklist (along with all of the rest of millions of OVH addresses), but it does look like other mail servers are now just ignoring it and the mail is going through same as before.
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