mail issues questions

[Dima (Dan) Yasny]

I've had problems sending to yahoo, until I set up DKIM. Never tried
hotmail, though none of the mailbox holders ever complained, so I guess it's
fine there.

Can you post a smtp transcript, done manually?

2011/2/28 Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> There used to be a time that in order to setup a mail server, all you had
> to do is the mail server itself, MX records, PTR and you're done.
> These days you'll need to also have SPF and DKIM.
>
> I did all the things for a mail server for my business, tested few emails
> to gmail, walla and other places, and I got it correctly without going to
> spam.
> Yahoo and Hotmail is another story: Yahoo moves the mail I send to SPAM
> while in Hotmail the email simply doesn't show up anywhere.
>
> I looked at the logs (I'm using postfix) and I don't see any error message
> at all. Here's an example:
>
> Feb 28 02:02:03 mail postfix/smtp[5758]: 256081900B2: to=<
> heunique at yahoo.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=1.6,
> delays=0.04/0.01/0.01/1.6, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok,
> id=08689-09, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as
> B79C11900C2)
> Feb 28 02:02:03 mail postfix/smtpd[5764]: disconnect from
> mail.hetzbiz.info[127.0.0.1]
> Feb 28 02:02:03 mail postfix/qmgr[12019]: 256081900B2: removed
> Feb 28 02:02:03 mail postfix/qmgr[12019]: B79C11900C2: from=<
> hetz at hetzbiz.info>, size=1508, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Feb 28 02:02:05 mail postfix/smtp[5765]: B79C11900C2: to=<
> heunique at yahoo.com>, relay=g.mx.mail.yahoo.com[98.137.54.238]:25,
> delay=2.2, delays=0.03/0.01/0.75/1.4, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 ok dirdel)
>
> Same for hotmail, Code 250 (which means it send OK).
>
> I tried to contact Hotmail support, only to find some that I need to
> register to their Sender ID (did it, successfully) and the SPAM protection
> program (which I failed since I don't have any "opt out" - go tell them that
> all the customers in this business are paying, and if someone leaves, he
> won't get any service/emails, I already replied that to them).
>
> Any tips what can be done about these 2? (hotmail and yahoo)
>
> Thanks,
> Hetz
> --
>
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