[sllug-members]: OT - my server or email address is spam according to hotmail.com

[Corey Edwards]

On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 20:07 -0600, Marc Christensen wrote:
> So, last week I was surprised to notice that email from me to any 
> address at hotmail.com was not getting through.  So, I sent a test email 
> to an account I have there and sure enough, it appeared in my spam box.
> 
> I have no idea why email from mecworks.com or marc <at> mecworks.com 
> would be treated as spam.  Does anyone know who I might contact to get 
> it removed? And does anyone know why it would be listed there in the 
> first place?

There are a few things I noticed as I was browsing through your message
headers. Some of the keywords look a little spammy, and some hint at
radicalism and extremism. Things like "SuSE Linux", "X-Mailman-Version",
"Thunderbird". You might see if you have better luck using "Outlook",
"Exchange", and "Server 2003". Certainly you'll feel better about
yourself. =D

I do recall some time back that Microsoft was going to start applying
their PRA version of SPF at Hotmail. I thought it was going to be in the
form of a big yellow warning that the sender might be forged or
something. It's likely this is related somehow. I think Alton's
recommendation to add SPF is wise, and you do too as I see you've
already added it. Something to note is that because you're including
sllug.org and novell.com, neither of which have an SPF record, your SPF
record can't be known 100%. That can cause a little weirdness with MTAs.

Also, since I've got you here, I'll just point out that strictly
speaking an MX cannot point to a CNAME but rather has to reference an A.
Some mumbo-jumbo about an extra DNS lookup. I can't say I've run into
situations where MTAs would refuse to deliver, but with all the twilight
zone-esque problems I /have/ encountered, I wouldn't discount the
possibility. Just FYI.

Corey

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