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Subject: Re: [boost] Messages from list marked as spam
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-25 18:11:32


On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Phil Endecott
<spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Olaf van der Spek wrote:
>>
>> Email from certain people on the list is marked as spam by gmail: "Why
>> is this message in Spam? It has a from address in teamviewer.com but
>> has failed teamviewer.com's required tests for authentication. "
>>
>> Is there a problem with the setup of this mailing list?
>
>
> $ dig txt teamviewer.com
> [snip]
> teamviewer.com. 600 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:mailgun.org
> include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:smtproutes.com include:smtpout.com
> ip4:46.163.100.196 ip4:46.163.100.194 a:mail.teamviewer.com
> a:mailers.teamviewer.com ~all"
>
> $ spfquery --mail-from teamviewer.com --helo wowbagger.crest.iu.edu --ip
> 129.79.39.203
> softfail
> Please see
> http://www.openspf.org/why.html?sender=teamviewer.com&ip=129.79.39.203&receiver=spfquery
> spfquery: transitioning domain of teamviewer.com does not designate
> 129.79.39.203 as permitted sender
> Received-SPF: softfail (spfquery: transitioning domain of teamviewer.com
> does not designate 129.79.39.203 as permitted sender)
> client-ip=129.79.39.203; envelope-from=teamviewer.com;
> helo=wowbagger.crest.iu.edu;
>
>
> This is one of the fundamental problems with SPF. I suspect that you'll see
> the same issue with emails from me. I don't think it is the responsibility
> of
> the list to resolve it; either the sender needs a more relaxed SPF rule, or
> the recipient needs more relaxed checking.

I don't agree.
Isn't there a proper solution for this?

-- 
Olaf

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