I seem to be unable to send mail through BBS to gmail?
How can I setup a txt record to provide spf info for toolazy.synchro.net ?
I've tried in ini file; but I'm not sure if that is correct method or not.
txt = v=spf1 a mx ip4:185.111.156.130 -all
This is what I have for toolazy.ddns.net and allowed me to sendmail to gmail.
Appreciate any help.
My MX is set to mail.synchro.net
I seem to be unable to send mail through BBS to gmail?
How can I setup a txt record to provide spf info for toolazy.synchro.net ? txt = v=spf1 a mx ip4:185.111.156.130 -all
Are you relaying outbound Internet mail through Vertrauen? If so, then an SPF TXT record of "v=spf1 mx a -all" is all that should be needed.I've updated the ini, and triggered DYNDNS. Woke up to mxtoolbox showing spf record in place. When I sent to my gmail , I still get a delivery error :-(
This "txt: v=spf1 mx a -all" (without the quotes) would go in the [dyndns] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file.
Right now, your DNS record has the default TXT record (with your BBS name), so it appears you didn't put this key in the right section or the .ini file. --
digital man (rob)
host -t txt toolazy.synchro.netseems to be finally allowing mail again :-)
toolazy.synchro.net descriptive text "v=spf1 mx a -all"
[dyndns]
mx = mail.synchro.net
txt = v=spf1 mx a -all
Could it just need more time ?
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Tue Aug 20 2024 10:09 pm
Are you relaying outbound Internet mail through Vertrauen? If so, then an SPF TXT record of "v=spf1 mx a -all" is all that should be needed.
This "txt: v=spf1 mx a -all" (without the quotes) would go in the [dyndns] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file.
Right now, your DNS record has the default TXT record (with your BBS name), so it appears you didn't put this key in the right section or the .ini file. --I've updated the ini, and triggered DYNDNS. Woke up to mxtoolbox showing spf record in place. When I sent to my gmail , I still get a delivery error :-(
digital man (rob)
host -t txt toolazy.synchro.net
toolazy.synchro.net descriptive text "v=spf1 mx a -all"
[dyndns]
mx = mail.synchro.net
txt = v=spf1 mx a -all
Could it just need more time ?
toolazy.synchro.net reporting delivery failure of message
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from Amessyroom to errol.casey@gmail.com
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Reason:
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gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com replied with:
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"550 5.7.26 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication
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d75a77b69052e-4536a0a5a64si146772301cf.550 - gsmtp"
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instead of the expected reply:
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"250 ..."
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Original message text follows:
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spf record in place
Aug 21 08:21:39 vmi1943160 synchronet[158521]: mail 0117 SEND connecting to port 25 on gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [142.251.167.26]
Aug 21 08:29:41 vmi1943160 synchronet[158521]: mail 0133 SEND connecting to port 25 on gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [142.251.167.27]
Aug 21 08:29:43 vmi1943160 synchronet[158521]: mail 0133 SEND/TLS !INVALID RESPONSE: '550 5.7.26 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication d75a77b69052e-4536a0a5a64si146772301cf.550 - gsmtp' Expected: '250'
Aug 21 08:29:43 vmi1943160 synchronet[158521]: mail 0133 SEND !Delivery attempt #1 FAILED (gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com replied with: "550 5.7.26 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication d75a77b69052e-4536a0a5a64si146772301cf.550 - gsmtp" instead of the expected reply: "250 ...") for message #2178 from Amessyroom to errol.casey@gmail.com
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Amessyroom to Digital Man on Wed Aug 21 2024 08:38 am
host -t txt toolazy.synchro.net
toolazy.synchro.net descriptive text "v=spf1 mx a -all"
[dyndns]
mx = mail.synchro.net
txt = v=spf1 mx a -all
Could it just need more time ?seems to be finally allowing mail again :-)
so guess it just takes time
I seem to be unable to send mail through BBS to gmail?
Are you relaying outbound Internet mail through Vertrauen? If so, then an SPF TXT record of "v=spf1 mx a -all" is all that should be needed.
This "txt: v=spf1 mx a -all" (without the quotes) would go in the [dyndns] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file.
No, there's something else at play here. The SPF record above says that mail for toolazy.synchro.net is sent *from* the same host as its mail exchange (MX) record, which is mail.synchro.net in your case. That is incorrect. Based on the logs you shared previously, your mail server is attempting to send direct, not relay through Vertrauen.
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digital man (rob)
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Tue Aug 20 2024 10:09 pm
I seem to be unable to send mail through BBS to gmail?
Are you relaying outbound Internet mail through Vertrauen? If so, then an SPF TXT record of "v=spf1 mx a -all" is all that should be needed.
This "txt: v=spf1 mx a -all" (without the quotes) would go in the [dyndns] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file.
I've done this, but I'm still unable to send email to gmail accounts from my BBS. I've been having this issue for a while now. As far as I can tell, I've added the proper SPF record. I still get delivery failure responses, and I'm not sure why.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Wed Aug 21 2024 10:16 am
No, there's something else at play here. The SPF record above says that mail for toolazy.synchro.net is sent *from* the same host as its mail exchange (MX) record, which is mail.synchro.net in your case. That is incorrect. Based on the logs you shared previously, your mail server is attempting to send direct, not relay through Vertrauen.
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digital man (rob)
I have server set to direct because, initially I was using the ddns.net domain rather than synchro.net my mistake.
So I assume I change it to relay, point it to mail.synchro.net like MX is set.
But what port 25/587, and authentication setting do I use in the mail server setting.
What domain name is your mail "from"? What host is connecting to google to deliver the mail? These are the elements that determine what the proper contents of the SPF record should be for the domain name in the sender's email address.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Aug 21 2024 10:28 am
What domain name is your mail "from"? What host is connecting to google to deliver the mail? These are the elements that determine what the proper contents of the SPF record should be for the domain name in the sender's email address.
Initially it was digitaldistortionbbs.com. I tried changing my system address to digdist.synchro.net (via SCFG) and sent another email to my gmail account, but that didn't work either (I got another response saying the delivery failed).
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Aug 21 2024 01:17 pm
digdist.synchro.net doesn't have an SPF record: $ host -t txt digdist.synchro.net
digdist.synchro.net descriptive text "Digital Distortion"
I added a configuration in my modopts.ini to set the SPF record, but I mistyped the section name in modopts.ini. After correcting it, it looks like digdist.synchro.net has that SPF record now, and I was able to successfully send an email to my Gmail address. It doesn't work from digitaldistortionbbs.com, but it works using digdist.synchro.net, so I'll leave that in my Synchronet configuration.
digdist.synchro.net doesn't have an SPF record: $ host -t txt digdist.synchro.net
digdist.synchro.net descriptive text "Digital Distortion"
If you set the MX record for digitaldistortionbbs.com to mail.synchro.net, then the same SPF record would work for it too (if that's the doain you prefer to send from).
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Aug 21 2024 05:06 pm
If you set the MX record for digitaldistortionbbs.com to mail.synchro.net, then the same SPF record would work for it too (if that's the doain you prefer to send from).
I updated the MX record for digitaldistortionbbs.com and tried to send an email to my gmail address, but it seems that isn't working.. I didn't get the email, and I got a response saying the delivery failed.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Thu Aug 22 2024 10:50 am
I updated the MX record for digitaldistortionbbs.com and tried to send an
email to my gmail address, but it seems that isn't working.. I didn't get
the email, and I got a response saying the delivery failed.
The sent mail message was from "user@digitaldistortionbbs.com" and was relayed through Vertrauen?
Yes, it was sent from me (nightfox@digitaldistortionbbs.com), and I do have my BBS set to relay through Vertrauen.
Yes, it was sent from me (nightfox@digitaldistortionbbs.com), and I do have
my BBS set to relay through Vertrauen.
Maybe it'll just a take a little extra time for DNS caches to flush? Seems it should work the same as mail from user@digdist.synchro.net.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Thu Aug 22 2024 11:14 am
Maybe it'll just a take a little extra time for DNS caches to flush? Seems it should work the same as mail from user@digdist.synchro.net.
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digital man (rob)
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I can receive mail perfectly TO the BBS but when I send mail OUT it never shows up to the recipient. I get a message that the message # was sent successfully but I also see a warning in the log that send/tls (mail.synchro.net) warning 'Bad/unrecognized data format' (-32) setting session active.
under relay tab i have sign in checked and I am using
mail.synchro.net port 587 . What setting am I missing? Thanks.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Rixter to Digital Man on Thu Aug 22 2024 06:39 pm
You can ignore that warning.
Maybe nothing. Try sending to a different email address/domain.
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digital man (rob)
Synchronet "Real Fact" #2:
Synchronet version 2 for DOS and OS/2 was released to the public domain in 1997 Norco, CA WX: 73.6�F, 59.0% humidity, 8 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
� Synchronet � Vertrauen � Home of Synchronet � [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
Maybe it'll just a take a little extra time for DNS caches to flush? Seems it should work the same as mail from user@digdist.synchro.net.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Rixter to Digital Man on Thu Aug 22 2024 06:39 pm
You can ignore that warning.
Maybe nothing. Try sending to a different email address/domain.
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digital man (rob)
Synchronet "Real Fact" #2:
Synchronet version 2 for DOS and OS/2 was released to the public domain in 1997 Norco, CA WX: 73.6¨F, 59.0% humidity, 8 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
¨ Synchronet ¨ Vertrauen ¨ Home of Synchronet ¨ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
my two test messages that the BBS said were sent successfully came back to the BBS with this message this morning
Reason:
gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com replied with:
"550 5.7.26 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#authentication 98e67ed59e1d1-2d5eba2055dsi4836699a91.65 - gsmtp"
instead of the expected reply:
"250 ..."
it took a while but they finally came back undeliverable. The BBS said they were sent successfully but I think Gmail is refusing them? Trying to understand mail transfer messages. It is ok if i cannot get the BBS to send out messages, but it would be nice to be able to reply to mail sent to my ricksbbs.synchro.net email account. I will keep reading help pages.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Thu Aug 22 2024 01:24 pm
Maybe it'll just a take a little extra time for DNS caches to flush? Seems it should work the same as mail from user@digdist.synchro.net.
Although I'm able to send email to Gmail addresses now, I'm now having basically the reverse problem where emails sent to my BBS are failing to be delivered. I tried sending an email to my BBS email address (both nightfox@digitaldistortionbbs.com and nightfox@digdgist.synchro.net) and both failed, with error 553 (Relaying through this sserver requires authentication). Are incoming emails also going through mail.synchro.net and requiring authentication there?
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Rixter to Digital Man on Fri Aug 23 2024 10:03 am
$ host -t txt ricksbbs.synchro.net
ricksbbs.synchro.net descriptive text "v=spf1 mx a -all"
$ host -t mx ricksbbs.synchro.net
ricksbbs.synchro.net mail is handled by 0 mail.synchro.net.
This means the mail has to sent via mail.synchro.net, but when I look at my mail sever log, I don't see any relayed mail from ricksbbs.synchro.net. Are you sure your sendmail thread is configured to relay through Vertrauen?
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digital man (rob)
Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #27:
DTE = Data Terminal Equipment
Norco, CA WX: 81.9�F, 43.0% humidity, 8 mph W wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
� Synchronet � Vertrauen � Home of Synchronet � [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
Although I'm able to send email to Gmail addresses now, I'm now having
basically the reverse problem where emails sent to my BBS are failing to be
delivered. I tried sending an email to my BBS email address (both
nightfox@digitaldistortionbbs.com and nightfox@digdgist.synchro.net) and
both failed, with error 553 (Relaying through this sserver requires
authentication). Are incoming emails also going through mail.synchro.net
and requiring authentication there?
That's expected. You never asked me to set up mail exchange services for digdist.synchro.net or digitaldistortionbbs.com. If your domain's MX (mail exchange) record points to mail.synchro.net (that's Vertrauen), then I have to set up a forwarding rule for that domain. https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:vert_mx
Assuming that's what you want, I've now added 2 forwarding rules to TCP port 587 for digdist.synchro.net and digitaldistortionbbs.com. That should allow you to then actually use Vertrauen as your domain's mail exchange.
A few hours ago, I tried sending a couple emails from my gmail account to myself on my BBS at nightfox@digitaldistortionbbs.com and nightfox@digdist.synchro.net, but so far I have not received either. I received one email at my gmail address that the delivery to nightfox@digdist.synchro.net was rejected:
vert.synchro.net reporting delivery failure of message after 51 attempts from Eric Oulashin to nightfox@digdist.synchro.net:587
Reason:
digdist.synchro.net replied with:
""
instead of the expected reply:
"220 ..."
I haven't received any emails of delivery failure for nightfox@digitaldistortionbbs, even though I haven't received that email yet.
$ nc digdist.synchro.net 587
Ncat: TIMEOUT.
Something's wrong on your end.
I realized I hadn't allowed port 587 in the Linux software firewall (UFW). I added 587 there and now it appears to be receiving email successfully.
Something's wrong on your end.
I realized I hadn't allowed port 587 in the Linux software firewall (UFW). I added 587 there and now it appears to be receiving email successfully.
Re: SPF record for synchro.net BBS
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri Aug 23 2024 11:23 pm
I realized I hadn't allowed port 587 in the Linux software firewall (UFW). I added 587 there and now it appears to be receiving email successfully.
I had tried sending an email to myself both at digitaldistortionbbs.com and digdist.synchro.net. The one to digitaldistortionbbs.com came through, but the one to digdist.synchro.net failed, with error 550 (relay not allowed). I think that probably makes sense though, as I currently have Synchronet configured to use digitaldistortionbbs.com.
You can add additional domains for your BBS to receive mail for to your ctrl/domains.cfg file.
Lol I am never certain of anything. I will double check. Thank you for looking at the response though. I will do some homework and get back to you. Have a great weekend Rob!
Lol I am never certain of anything. I will double check. Thank you for looking at the response though. I will do some homework and get back to you. Have a great weekend Rob!
Good evening! I am still stuck on the relay mail server issue. BBS receives legitimate email to valid users just fine, but I cannot send email out from the BBS. I have the relay tab set to mail.synchro.net on port 587 with plain authentication checked my qwk credentials entered. On the SMTP tab I have tcp25 tls465 submission port 587 enabled and allow authentication by telnet and pop3 checked. Still a no go on sending mail out from the BBS. It received email in to valid users just fine. I am still stuck on this. I hope everyone is fine and having a great night.
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