On 2019-01-19 13:51, Rick Leir wrote: > Michel > Sorry, it is not a simple answer. They suggest DKIM, SPF and DMARC for > authentication, and setting these up will take a bit of effort. It is not > clear how Google scores an email to block spam, maybe one of the > authentication systems above would be adequate. Or maybe they are all > required. I've gone through the process to set up DKIM, SPF and DMARC and last I checked I had it right, but things keep evolving... This past week I've had a couple of clues that things also broke too though, so I have to start digging again. > Have you tried forwarding to a yahoo account? It might be easier. I've asked a number of subscribers to mailing lists on my server to choose an account *other* than yahoo because they've broken all mailing lists, including those run by the IETF (ironically). > Rick > > > On January 19, 2019 1:02:39 PM EST, "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier [ at ] digitaltorque [ dot ] ca> wrote: > >So, I help our my sister's business by handling her domain. For some > >time she has paid for a virtual server with westhost.com, and on it, I > >have a simple forward rule in /etc/aliases for her business account to > >her gmail account, as she requested. > > > >trish: tsoulier [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com > >petservices: trish > > > >So someone emailing petservices [ at ] pawsitiveapproach [ dot ] ca will result in a > >forward to tsoulier [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com. This has been working fine. > > > >Suddenly it's not. > > > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > >tsoulier [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com > > (reason: 550-5.7.1 This message does not have authentication > >information or fails to pass) > > (expanded from: trish) > > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > >... while talking to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.: > >>>> DATA > ><<< 550-5.7.1 This message does not have authentication information or > >fails to pass > ><<< 550-5.7.1 authentication checks. To best protect our users from > >spam, the > ><<< 550-5.7.1 message has been blocked. Please visit > ><<< 550-5.7.1 > >https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication for more > ><<< 550 5.7.1 information. s3si2560808iom.144 - gsmtp > >554 5.0.0 Service unavailable > > > >I don't understand why google is asking for authentication for a simple > >forward. We're not relaying, we're forwarding. > > > >I'm in the middle of moving her nameservers to use my config at > >digitalocean so I can better control her setup, but I've had the same > >issue there with a simple mail forward so I'm asking. > > > >If I use postfix' virtual hosting, then that works. But why would a > >simple /etc/aliases forward be rejected? > > > >Help appreciated. Google's explanation is not helpful, at least to me. > > > >Mike slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org