[Elecraft] arrl.net domain is being blocked!

[Dave New]

Thought I'd follow up on the list with the information I received from the
mailman.qth.net support:

Hi Dave.  ARRL has published something called an 'SPF record' which
specifies what SMTP servers are allowed to use arrl.net as a FROM address.
This effectively stops the ability for anyone to send out emails using @
arrl.net as their FROM address.  You can receive mail, but you can no
longer send out email using that as your email address.  You will want to
quickly change your email program so it no longer uses @arrl.net as your
FROM address, as servers worldwide will stop receiving those emails (they
will either reject them, or simply discard them, or put them in a spam
folder -- either way, your emails aren't going to get through to most folks)

While this was ARRL's decision, it is the correct one.  GMail has stopped
taking mail from any domain that has no SPF record, so ARRL was forced into
this.  And, by the way, the ARRL never promoted or even said you could use @
arrl.net as your FROM address. It has always been marketed as a free email
forwarding service.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it is what it is.  Nobody can fix
this.  Stop using @arrl.net as your FROM address as soon as possible.

- Scott KA9FOX

73,
-- Dave, N8SBE

On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 4:36 PM Dave New <theoldmoose at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've had several emails blocked from my 'normal' email address I use for
> ham-radio related emails, n8sbe at arrl.net.
>
> According to the email bounce messages I received, all email from arrl.net
> is being blocked.
>
> I've sent an email to keith at elecraft.com, who is listed as this email
> list administrator, but he may not see this right away, as this is a Sunday.
>
> Does anyone else on the list know who to contact?
>
> In the meantime, I've had to subscribe with a gmail address (which is
> ironic, since the vast majority of SPAM on the Internet comes from that
> domain), so I can post the 80M SSB Net Announcement for this evening.  Hope
> to see you all there.
>
> 73,
> -- Dave, N8SBE
>
>