[Elecraft] arrl.net domain is being blocked!

[Andrew Moore]

Note that many email clients can be configured with a custom "reply-to"
address - using your @arrl.net address there is still fair game, and will
cause "reply" function to send it to you @arrl.net.

73,
NV1B
..



On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 4:56 PM Dave New <theoldmoose at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
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