[Elecraft] arrl.net domain is being blocked!

[Dave New, N8SBE]

My custom domain is densbe.com (my initials followed by the last 3 
letters of my callsign).

Owned it since 1995, when domain registration was free via the InterNIC.

Boy, those were the days....

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE

On 2023-01-23 19:34, Rich WC3T wrote:

> I just used my ISP and created a domain with my call sign.  They take 
> care of all the crap and I get a custom domain.  :). Cost is trivial. I 
> forget what it is though.
> 
> 72,
> 
> Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 [1]  / SOC #1221
> 
> Grid: FN20is
> Bureaucracy is always in search of self-preservation.  -- AA7BQ
> 
>> On Jan 23, 2023, at 20:27, Dave New, N8SBE <n8sbe at densbe.com> wrote:
> 
> OK, I've now changed my email address to come from my actual domain.
> Let's see how this works.
> 
> 73,
> -- Dave, N8SBE
> 
> On 2023-01-23 15:54, Dave New 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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