Help with GMail...

Thu Jul 23 20:03:25 UTC 2015

$ host 2600:3c00:f03c:91ff:fe26:8849
Host 2600:3c00:f03c:91ff:fe26:8849 not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

you probably also want to fix that...

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Grant Taylor via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org> wrote:
> Kudos to Gareth T. who pointed out that I forgot to update my SPF record,
> which includes a "-all".
>
> I've updated my SPF record and will try again after my old info expires out
> of caches.
>
>
>
> --
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die
>
> On 07/23/2015 02:42 PM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if there were any GMail contacts on NANOG that might
>> contact me either on or off list for some help.
>>
>> I am having problems sending email to GMail from my new (< 2 weeks old)
>> Linode VPS.
>>
>>     tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net (IPv4: 45.33.28.24, IPv6:
>> 2600:3c00:f03c:91ff:fe26:8849)
>>
>> I have forward and reverse DNS set up as well as following all of the same
>> practices that I have used to administer email servers for the past 15
>> years. So, I think that I have everything covered.  (If I've missed
>> something, let me know and I'll take care of it.)
>>
>> Is there a chance that my IP address(es) (v4 and / or v6) have been
>> blocked because of previous IP user actions?  Or am I by chance part of a
>> netblock that is black listed?
>>
>> Below is the multi-line SMTP response that is showing up in the DSN that
>> I'm receiving.
>>
>> <<< 550-5.7.1 [2600:3c00::f03c:91ff:fe26:8849      12] Our system has
>> detected that
>> <<< 550-5.7.1 this message is likely unsolicited mail. To reduce the
>> amount of spam
>> <<< 550-5.7.1 sent to Gmail, this message has been blocked. Please visit
>> <<< 550 5.7.1 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/188131 for more
>> information. f5si4126138oeo.56 - gsmtp
>>
>> Any help or suggestions you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
>> I'm in the process of migrating off of my old server to my new Linode VPS as
>> part of a move and would like to get this quickly, if possible.
>>
>> As a temporary work around, I have routed gmail.com email to my other
>> Linode which can send email to GMail.
>>
>>     tncsrv05.tnetconsulting.net (IPv4: 109.74.192.125, IPv6:
>> 2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fe89:2935)
>>
>> Thanks for your time and any help you can provide.
>>
>>
>>
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