Forum email is coming from a different location
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Forum email is coming from a different location
If you're using a Hotmail.com, Outlook.com or Live.com email address, you might have noticed that you're not getting emails from the forum.
Microsoft seems to have decided a whole bunch of servers at 1and1 (where the forum is hosted) send spam, and unfortunately the forum is caught up in Microsoft's blacklist.
I've blocked the above domains from being used to register new accounts, but those with existing accounts, you should change your email addresses to something non-Microsoft owned, like gmail or yahoo.
Emails are now going to look something like for the next ~month:
If you're on hotmail/outlook/live.com I'd still recommend you change your address though.
Microsoft seems to have decided a whole bunch of servers at 1and1 (where the forum is hosted) send spam, and unfortunately the forum is caught up in Microsoft's blacklist.
I've blocked the above domains from being used to register new accounts, but those with existing accounts, you should change your email addresses to something non-Microsoft owned, like gmail or yahoo.
Emails are now going to look something like for the next ~month:
If you're on hotmail/outlook/live.com I'd still recommend you change your address though.
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Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
you might want to make the forum send mail through a dedicated system so you are not stuck on the shared ip address. I personally have been using https://www.mailgun.com/ because of the free plan. Unfortunately I did not find a plugin for phpbb with mailgun but I did find a small discussion about it. https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2167535
Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
Oh, I've tried. Mailgun wants DNS changes, and I don't have the authority/access.
Tom rather busy, and it's somewhat lower priority for him.
Tom rather busy, and it's somewhat lower priority for him.
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Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
oh, okay. bummer though.
Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
Oh, nice to see some movement on this.
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Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
There still is a 'Smith' waiting for a mail from this forum on his @hotmail.com address (and maybe another one with 'Smith' in the name, can't remember)
Those can be deleted, I decided to go on with this nick (including at some other places)
In other words: Hotmail never worked (or at least for as long as I am here)
It took me some time to find the email settings again.
Those can be deleted, I decided to go on with this nick (including at some other places)
In other words: Hotmail never worked (or at least for as long as I am here)
It took me some time to find the email settings again.
Should go to https://twokinds.net/forum/ucp.php?i=uc ... eg_detailsUser control panel -> Profile -> Edit account settings
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Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
Alright, Mailgun didn't work, but Sendgrid did. All forum emails will now come via sendgrid.net for the forseeable future.
As long as we don't bust the 12k emails/month limit, it won't cost me any money.
As long as we don't bust the 12k emails/month limit, it won't cost me any money.
Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
Cool beans! Someone email me to celebrate?
Edit: It actually makes it to my spam folder now! Progress!
Edit: It actually makes it to my spam folder now! Progress!
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Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
Prepare thy email.amenon wrote:Someone email me to celebrate?
Gmail reporting in. The email for me is only used as a password/admin emergency thingy, so I don't care much for this whole thing.
But if it means y'all can get your Furry News on your doorstep every morning, then you go girl.
How much if you do? Lol, swear filters.aj wrote:As long as we don't bust the 12k emails/month limit, it won't cost me any money.
And do you have any statistics to say that we'll be fine? [censored]?
Re: Hotmail/Outlook/Live.com users: change your email addresses
Just for the record, if people do email me because of this, please also send a PM if you don't hear back within a day or soTinyVoices wrote:Prepare thy email.amenon wrote:Someone email me to celebrate?
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Re: Forum email is coming from a different location
A few of you have email addresses that seem to no longer exist in your accounts. If you're one of them, I'll be deleting your email address from your account and PMing you.
I'll be doing the same for any future message that bounces too - if enough email bounces, the new provider will just outright block all email the forum sends, and that will affect everyone, not just you.
I'll be doing the same for any future message that bounces too - if enough email bounces, the new provider will just outright block all email the forum sends, and that will affect everyone, not just you.
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Re: Forum email is coming from a different location
Hmm, I was wondering if this was anything to do with my problem — I haven't had any forum emails since the 28th, and I can see from looking that the threads for Panel Shuffle and this week's comic page (both subscribed) have been getting regular posts since then. And there's nothing in my junk or "didn't hit any other filters" mail folders. All other phpBB forums I'm registered at have been sending emails properly all through this.
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Re: Forum email is coming from a different location
Okay, the previous e-mail stoppage has been fixed, but now there's something I'm a bit wary of.
The links in the e-mail should be pointing directly to twokinds.net/forum/ — they're not, they're pointing to an alphabet soup redirect on sendgrid.net.
My e-mail client (Thunderbird) has flagged this as possible scam behaviour, and I agree it does look very suspicious. Anyone else noticed odd behaviour from these new e-mails?
The links in the e-mail should be pointing directly to twokinds.net/forum/ — they're not, they're pointing to an alphabet soup redirect on sendgrid.net.
My e-mail client (Thunderbird) has flagged this as possible scam behaviour, and I agree it does look very suspicious. Anyone else noticed odd behaviour from these new e-mails?
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Re: Forum email is coming from a different location
Can confirm that the links go through a tracker, and that that's kinda sorta scammish. I wonder if that can be opted out of on the free plan?SpottedKitty wrote:Okay, the previous e-mail stoppage has been fixed, but now there's something I'm a bit wary of.
The links in the e-mail should be pointing directly to twokinds.net/forum/ — they're not, they're pointing to an alphabet soup redirect on sendgrid.net.
My e-mail client (Thunderbird) has flagged this as possible scam behaviour, and I agree it does look very suspicious. Anyone else noticed odd behaviour from these new e-mails?
Guess I should look at their ToS at some point, because I'm not really familiar with how these businesses operate.
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