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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Hi all,</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">I have a client that is
an academic institute. They set up a mailing list server for their
students, so they can communicate within courses and such. When we try
to send email out, however, Google starts complaining, pointing us at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81126">https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81126</a>.
Among other
things, this suggests we set up SPF for our emails, and use consistent
"from" addresses.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">While both suggestions
seem like good suggestions on first review, digging just a little
deeper shows that they are practically impossible to implement. Any SPF
record I put on the machine will only apply to emails appearing to
originate from "lists.academy.ac.il". Since this is a mailing list,
most actual emails will arrive from either teachers
(<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:teacher@academy.ac.il">"teacher@academy.ac.il"</a>)
or from students (<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:student@gmail.com">"student@gmail.com"</a>).
Neither will have a valid SPF record.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">It appears that, once
again, spam has brought in casualties.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">I am trying to tell
Mailman to rewrite the sender's address to be that of the list, but
that seems like a fairly great sacrifice in sender identity. It is
entirely possible that in a couple of weeks enough gmail users white
list the server for google to get the hint. I simply don't know.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">If anyone has any
constructive suggestions how to make things work smoother, please share</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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