> On Oct 7, 2019, at 7:34 AM, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> > wrote: > > I asked on different forums and tried to follow the advices I got. > Previously I didn't have SPF nor DKIM (as I wrote, for long time it was > absolutely no obstacle in getting my messages received by Gmail users), so I > configured them, I also published a DMARC record. DMARC reports I get from > Google indicate everything as passed, the same says Gmail in details of the > messages I sent to test accounts. I defined a MX record for my domain, > which I didn't have previously, because rafa.eu.org has an A record, so it > looked stupid (and superfluous) to me to define MX for rafa.eu.org that > points simply to rafa.eu.org :), and everything works perfectly with A > record only. But someone told me that Google may be suspicious about > domains that don't have a MX record, so I defined it.
How recently did you do all this? Unfortunately, as with many things, it takes only a moment to destroy your sending reputation, and months to rebuild it. We've also started seeing (especially since GDPR went into effect) that for EU domains, even if you have an MX record, or other records properly set up, the typical types of lookups don't *reveal* them (try looking up the info for your domain, then look up just about any U.S. based domain, and you will see that the EU domain shows only the barest info (so for example, just the CNAME IP, and to where it points - that's *it*), while the U.S. based domains actually reveal the MX, the A, etc..). I do NOT want this to descend into a "which is the better way", I'm only pointing out that *if* a given recipient host is relying on something in their algorithm that takes that data into effect, and they only draw a blank when trying to find that data, it can also affect your overall 'reputation', and hence delivery. If the recipient's algo determines that the email is coming from an unknown (and unknowable) sender, it's much more likely to go into the spam folder. Anne Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law, Dean of Cyberlaw, Lincoln Law School of San Jose CEO/President, SuretyMail Email Reputation Certification Author: Section 6 of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the Federal anti-spam law) Legislative Consultant, GDPR, CCPA (CA) & CCDPA (CO) Compliance Consultant Former Counsel: Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) Location: Boulder, Colorado _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
