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reply kdevel <kdevel%% vogtner.de> writes:
Today I received a notification *e-mail* after somebody has 
replied to a post:

https://forum.dlang.org/thread/jiefcxwqbjzqnmtazkwy forum.dlang.org#post-sksbiiwnfsxocklwcfsd:40forum.dlang.org

I would greatly appreciate if the zone admin of dlang.org adds an 
SPF record
also to forum.dlang.org. At present there is none:

$ host -t txt forum.dlang.org
forum.dlang.org is an alias for dfeed.kimsufi.thecybershadow.net.
dfeed.kimsufi.thecybershadow.net descriptive text 
"google-site-verification=v0zp5IJgjZ-bfE4El8UEQwnHdNma3wwmU8JNvbzlVDY"

in contrast to

$ host -t txt dlang.org
dlang.org descriptive text "v=spf1 mx a ip4:205.201.128.0/20 
ip4:198.2.128.0/18 ip4:205.201.134.0/24 -all"

That would help to reject unsolicited e-mail traffic from 
k3.1azy.net (k3.1azy.net [178.33.224.37]) and possibly others.
Feb 21 2018
parent reply Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at 21:57:59 UTC, kdevel wrote:

 I would greatly appreciate if the zone admin of dlang.org adds 
 an SPF record
 also to forum.dlang.org.


Hi,

SPF/DKIM/DMARC are good ideas in general (currently 
*.forum.dlang.org is CNAME'd to a single domain, so that would 
need to change first). But, do I understand correctly that the 
email you received was unexpected?

forum.dlang.org never sends out email unless you asked it to. In 
order to receive reply notification emails, one must create a 
forum account, post at least once, then, in settings, enable 
email notifications for the "Replies to your posts" subscription.

According to my records, your first post under that user account 
occurred on 2017-05-27, and you enabled the subscription on 
2017-10-14. Is it possible that you've simply forgotten that 
you've done this?

In any case, if you no longer wish to receive emails, every email 
includes an unsubscribe link.

Hope this helps.
Feb 21 2018
parent reply kdevel <kdevel%% vogtner.de> writes:
Vladimir!

On Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at 23:21:05 UTC, Vladimir 
Panteleev wrote:

 On Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at 21:57:59 UTC, kdevel wrote:

 I would greatly appreciate if the zone admin of dlang.org adds 
 an SPF record
 also to forum.dlang.org.


 Hi,

 SPF/DKIM/DMARC are good ideas in general (currently 
 *.forum.dlang.org is CNAME'd to a single domain, so that would 
 need to change first). But, do I understand correctly that the 
 email you received was unexpected?


Sure. And I also got a notification email of your reply:

Return-Path: <no-reply forum.dlang.org>
Received: from k3.1azy.net (k3.1azy.net [178.33.224.37])
From: D Programming Language Forum <no-reply forum.dlang.org>
Subject: Vladimir Panteleev replied to your post in the thread 
"SPF record for forum.dlang.org"

Is this host ligitimately sending out these notifications?

[...]


 and you enabled the subscription on 2017-10-14.


I stand corrected. Found the config in the settings area.


 Is it possible that you've simply forgotten that you've done 
 this?


Well, yes. Because I have not yet gotten any of these 
notification until today.
I got no notification e.g. of this post

https://forum.dlang.org/thread/mutegviphsjwqzqfouhs forum.dlang.org?page=2#post-fgfsezyxdzszmwniuizc:40forum.dlang.org

of 2018-01-11.


 In any case, if you no longer wish to receive emails, every 
 email includes an unsubscribe link.

 Hope this helps.


Yes, partly.

Stefan
Feb 21 2018
parent Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 22 February 2018 at 00:16:47 UTC, kdevel wrote:

 Return-Path: <no-reply forum.dlang.org>
 Received: from k3.1azy.net (k3.1azy.net [178.33.224.37])



 Is this host ligitimately sending out these notifications?


Yes. 178.33.224.37 is the IPv4 address of forum.dlang.org, and 
k3.1azy.net is the server hostname and reverse DNS hostname of 
178.33.224.37.


 Well, yes. Because I have not yet gotten any of these 
 notification until today.
 I got no notification e.g. of this post

 https://forum.dlang.org/thread/mutegviphsjwqzqfouhs forum.dlang.org?page=2#post-fgfsezyxdzszmwniuizc:40forum.dlang.org

 of 2018-01-11.


As the text in notification emails mentions, the software will 
not send any more emails until all messages in the subscription 
have been viewed. At the time of that post, there were 9 unread 
messages in the subscription message queue. If there are any 
subscriptions with unread messages, the software will also show a 
notification on the front page (https://forum.dlang.org/).
Feb 21 2018