It is caused by the mail administrators at Xtra and Yahoo fighting against spam
I have followed the process at Yahoo to get this website "unblocked"
The following is an email I sent today
CODE
1.
140.211.167.148
host 140.211.167.148
148.167.211.140.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer mandrivausers2.osuosl.org.
MX record for mcrides.co.nz points to 210.55.105.82
MX record for mandrivausers.org points to 210.55.105.82
Mail generated from the websites originate from 140.211.167.148 for both domains
2.
I have a dedicated IP address
3.
Personal and corporate email is being sent.
4.
I don't run any subscription based mailing lists
However a user can subscribe to forums, and confirmation is required before a user can subscribe
5.
There are 18416 registered user at mandrivausers.org and 30 (but growinig constantly) at mcrides.co.nz
approximately 700 emails are sent out from this IP address every month
6.
If an email bounces on a regular basis with unknown user, I remove all subscriptions myself for that user
I will allow an email address to bounce for 5 days before removing
7.
User have the ability to unsubscribe themselves, and it is immediate
8.
http://mandrivausers.org
http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=15823 (terms of use)
http://www.mcrides.co.nz
http://www.mcrides.co.nz/forums/index.php/topic,884.0.html (terms of use)
9.
A copy of a recent subscription I received myself
Return-Path: <www-data@mail.mandrivausers.org>
Delivered-To: paul@mcrides.co.nz
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by arkos.interspeed.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A049A3326ED
for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:08 +1200 (NZST)
X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent
X-DSPAM-Processed: Tue Apr 29 23:01:02 2008
X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.7416
X-DSPAM-Improbability: 1 in 288 chance of being spam
X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000
X-DSPAM-Signature: 102,4816ffee307911628121311
X-DSPAM-Factors: 27,
X-Virus-Scanned: Virus/Spam filter at interspeed.co.nz
Received: from arkos.interspeed.co.nz ([127.0.0.1])
by localhost (mail.interspeed.co.nz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
with ESMTP id anUYI+U4sq5R for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>;
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:02 +1200 (NZST)
Received: from mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (mandrivausers2.osuosl.org [140.211.167.148])
by arkos.interspeed.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CD133274A
for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +1200 (NZST)
Received: by mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (Postfix, from userid 33)
id EC7FF10C428; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:59 +0000 (UTC)
10.
I have done no investigation in to DomainKeys so I have no plans of using them.
11.
My Contact details
Paul Willard
116 Bell Road
RD 5 ,Whatawhata
HAMILTON
NZ (NEW ZEALAND)
+64 21 638223
paul@mcrides.co.nz
Yahoo!Mail wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Mail.
>
> If emails sent by your servers are being delivered to the Yahoo! Bulk Mail folder and you would like to prevent this from occurring, please complete this application to help us determine where your email is most appropriately delivered.
>
> We ask that you provide responsive, complete, and truthful information. Please note that by submitting this information to Yahoo!, you agree to adhere to the Yahoo! Terms of Service (TOS). You may review these Terms
> by visiting:
>
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
> 1. Please provide all ACTIVE IP addresses you are currently using to send mail:
> Each IP address:
>
> *IP Address:
> *Mail Server Hostname:
> *Primary Mail Server, Fail-Over Mail Server, Bulk Mail Server, Etc:
>
> NOTE: At this time we can only consider active and correctly configured mail servers/IP addresses for possible addition to the whitelist.
> 2. Do you have a dedicated IP address or do you use a shared mail server/IP address (i.e., the mail server/IP address is hosted by a service provider and is also being used by organizations other than your
> own)? If you use a shared server, please specify which service provider you use.
>
> 3. Please indicate all types of email being sent from the servers above,
> e.g., personal/corporate emails, transactional mailings, mailing list postings, marketing messages, and/or newsletters? (Indicate which IP sends which type of mail, if applicable.)
>
> 4. If you send periodic or subscription-based mailings, please indicate the means by which a user is signed up for your subscription list.
>
> a) Do you take any steps to confirm that the subscription is valid, or was initiated by the true owner of the email address?
>
> 5. How many subscribers do you currently have? And approximately how many emails do you send on a monthly basis?
>
> 6. Do you remove email addresses from mailing list if emails to them bounce--i.e., for soft (4xx) and hard (5xx) SMTP response codes? a) If yes, how many bounced emails are required before you consider an email address to be inactive and subject to removal from your list?
>
> For soft bounces:
>
> For hard bounces:
>
> 7. How long does it typically take for an email address to be removed from your list once an unsubscribe request has been received?
>
> 8. Please provide the URL of your web site, including the links to your Privacy Policy, Affiliate Policy, and/or Terms of Use pages, if available.
>
> 9. Please copy and paste a text-only example of a recent mailing, including the full Internet headers. Or, include the entire error message you're seeing in your SMTP logs if email is being deferred or blocked.
>
> 10. Where possible, Yahoo! uses DomainKeys to determine the original sender of a message. Do you plan to or currently use DomainKeys to authenticate your mailings?
>
> (NOTE: Signing emails with DomainKeys does not guarantee whitelist status or inbox placement. It may, however, make your mailings eligible for our Complaint Feedback Loop (CFL) program. Basically, when you're enrolled in the CFL program, you will be forwarded a copy of the sent email every time a Yahoo! Mail users clicks on the "Spam" button for any
> of your DomainKey-signed mail. Each complaint should be reviewed and appropriate action should be taken to reduce your complaint rates.)
>
> 11. Please provide the following contact information:
>
> Company name:
> Contact Information (Name and Phone Number):
> Postal Address:
> Email address:
>
> Once you have completed your application, please send your answers to:
>
> mail-abuse-bulk@cc.yahoo-inc.com
> IMPORTANT REMINDER: Due to security purposes, our custom messaging system is unable to access HTML web pages or attachments. As such, as opposed to sending an HTML formatted page or an attachment, we will need
> you to copy and paste a text-only copy of any sample email that you are providing us.
>
> Your patience during this process is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Mail.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Customer Care
>
> 48419304
>
> For assistance with all Yahoo! services please visit:
>
> http://help.yahoo.com/
>
>
>
>
> Original Message Follows:
> ------------------------
>
> Mail-Id: w1.help.tpc.yahoo.com-/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/bulk.html-1210124214-1
> 704
>
> Name: Paul Willard
>
> Email Address: paul@mcrides.co.nz
>
> Domains: mcrides.co.nz
>
> Subject: I send permission-based emails, yet they are delivered to the Bulk Mail folder
>
> textarea_14189: I run a 2 websites at 140.211.167.148 (mandrivausers2.osuosl.org)
> http://mandrivausers.org and http://www.mcrides.co.nz
> both websites are mine.
> A whois of both domains will show my ownership
>
> Many users who register do not receive the confirmation email, or complain that the confirmation email get sent to their "junk" folder.
>
> The mail headers I send out look like this:
> Received: from mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (mandrivausers2.osuosl.org [140.211.167.148])
> by arkos.interspeed.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CD133274A
> for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +1200 (NZST)
> Received: by mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (Postfix, from userid 33)
> id EC7FF10C428; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:59 +0000 (UTC)
> To: user@xtra.co.nz
> Subject: My Subject
> From: "McRides :: NZ Motorcycling" <no-reply@mcrides.co.nz>
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:59 -0000
> Message-ID: <10e2baf6dd09efcb42308e0cfdf82a01-m1584@mcrides.co.nz>
> X-Mailer: SMF
>
> Can you please tell me what steps I need to take to make myself a trusted email server?
>
> Thanks
> Paul Willard
>
> While Viewing:
> Form Name: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/bulk.html
>
> Yahoo ID:
> Other ID:
> Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008041514 Firefox/3.0b5
>
> REMOTE_ADDR: 131.203.126.193
>
> REMOTE_HOST: colosus.18londonst.co.nz
>
> Date Originated: Tuesday May 6, 2008 - 18:36:54
>
> -------
>
>
140.211.167.148
host 140.211.167.148
148.167.211.140.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer mandrivausers2.osuosl.org.
MX record for mcrides.co.nz points to 210.55.105.82
MX record for mandrivausers.org points to 210.55.105.82
Mail generated from the websites originate from 140.211.167.148 for both domains
2.
I have a dedicated IP address
3.
Personal and corporate email is being sent.
4.
I don't run any subscription based mailing lists
However a user can subscribe to forums, and confirmation is required before a user can subscribe
5.
There are 18416 registered user at mandrivausers.org and 30 (but growinig constantly) at mcrides.co.nz
approximately 700 emails are sent out from this IP address every month
6.
If an email bounces on a regular basis with unknown user, I remove all subscriptions myself for that user
I will allow an email address to bounce for 5 days before removing
7.
User have the ability to unsubscribe themselves, and it is immediate
8.
http://mandrivausers.org
http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=15823 (terms of use)
http://www.mcrides.co.nz
http://www.mcrides.co.nz/forums/index.php/topic,884.0.html (terms of use)
9.
A copy of a recent subscription I received myself
Return-Path: <www-data@mail.mandrivausers.org>
Delivered-To: paul@mcrides.co.nz
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by arkos.interspeed.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A049A3326ED
for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:08 +1200 (NZST)
X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent
X-DSPAM-Processed: Tue Apr 29 23:01:02 2008
X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.7416
X-DSPAM-Improbability: 1 in 288 chance of being spam
X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000
X-DSPAM-Signature: 102,4816ffee307911628121311
X-DSPAM-Factors: 27,
X-Virus-Scanned: Virus/Spam filter at interspeed.co.nz
Received: from arkos.interspeed.co.nz ([127.0.0.1])
by localhost (mail.interspeed.co.nz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
with ESMTP id anUYI+U4sq5R for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>;
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:02 +1200 (NZST)
Received: from mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (mandrivausers2.osuosl.org [140.211.167.148])
by arkos.interspeed.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CD133274A
for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +1200 (NZST)
Received: by mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (Postfix, from userid 33)
id EC7FF10C428; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:59 +0000 (UTC)
10.
I have done no investigation in to DomainKeys so I have no plans of using them.
11.
My Contact details
Paul Willard
116 Bell Road
RD 5 ,Whatawhata
HAMILTON
NZ (NEW ZEALAND)
+64 21 638223
paul@mcrides.co.nz
Yahoo!Mail wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Mail.
>
> If emails sent by your servers are being delivered to the Yahoo! Bulk Mail folder and you would like to prevent this from occurring, please complete this application to help us determine where your email is most appropriately delivered.
>
> We ask that you provide responsive, complete, and truthful information. Please note that by submitting this information to Yahoo!, you agree to adhere to the Yahoo! Terms of Service (TOS). You may review these Terms
> by visiting:
>
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
> 1. Please provide all ACTIVE IP addresses you are currently using to send mail:
> Each IP address:
>
> *IP Address:
> *Mail Server Hostname:
> *Primary Mail Server, Fail-Over Mail Server, Bulk Mail Server, Etc:
>
> NOTE: At this time we can only consider active and correctly configured mail servers/IP addresses for possible addition to the whitelist.
> 2. Do you have a dedicated IP address or do you use a shared mail server/IP address (i.e., the mail server/IP address is hosted by a service provider and is also being used by organizations other than your
> own)? If you use a shared server, please specify which service provider you use.
>
> 3. Please indicate all types of email being sent from the servers above,
> e.g., personal/corporate emails, transactional mailings, mailing list postings, marketing messages, and/or newsletters? (Indicate which IP sends which type of mail, if applicable.)
>
> 4. If you send periodic or subscription-based mailings, please indicate the means by which a user is signed up for your subscription list.
>
> a) Do you take any steps to confirm that the subscription is valid, or was initiated by the true owner of the email address?
>
> 5. How many subscribers do you currently have? And approximately how many emails do you send on a monthly basis?
>
> 6. Do you remove email addresses from mailing list if emails to them bounce--i.e., for soft (4xx) and hard (5xx) SMTP response codes? a) If yes, how many bounced emails are required before you consider an email address to be inactive and subject to removal from your list?
>
> For soft bounces:
>
> For hard bounces:
>
> 7. How long does it typically take for an email address to be removed from your list once an unsubscribe request has been received?
>
> 8. Please provide the URL of your web site, including the links to your Privacy Policy, Affiliate Policy, and/or Terms of Use pages, if available.
>
> 9. Please copy and paste a text-only example of a recent mailing, including the full Internet headers. Or, include the entire error message you're seeing in your SMTP logs if email is being deferred or blocked.
>
> 10. Where possible, Yahoo! uses DomainKeys to determine the original sender of a message. Do you plan to or currently use DomainKeys to authenticate your mailings?
>
> (NOTE: Signing emails with DomainKeys does not guarantee whitelist status or inbox placement. It may, however, make your mailings eligible for our Complaint Feedback Loop (CFL) program. Basically, when you're enrolled in the CFL program, you will be forwarded a copy of the sent email every time a Yahoo! Mail users clicks on the "Spam" button for any
> of your DomainKey-signed mail. Each complaint should be reviewed and appropriate action should be taken to reduce your complaint rates.)
>
> 11. Please provide the following contact information:
>
> Company name:
> Contact Information (Name and Phone Number):
> Postal Address:
> Email address:
>
> Once you have completed your application, please send your answers to:
>
> mail-abuse-bulk@cc.yahoo-inc.com
> IMPORTANT REMINDER: Due to security purposes, our custom messaging system is unable to access HTML web pages or attachments. As such, as opposed to sending an HTML formatted page or an attachment, we will need
> you to copy and paste a text-only copy of any sample email that you are providing us.
>
> Your patience during this process is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Mail.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Customer Care
>
> 48419304
>
> For assistance with all Yahoo! services please visit:
>
> http://help.yahoo.com/
>
>
>
>
> Original Message Follows:
> ------------------------
>
> Mail-Id: w1.help.tpc.yahoo.com-/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/bulk.html-1210124214-1
> 704
>
> Name: Paul Willard
>
> Email Address: paul@mcrides.co.nz
>
> Domains: mcrides.co.nz
>
> Subject: I send permission-based emails, yet they are delivered to the Bulk Mail folder
>
> textarea_14189: I run a 2 websites at 140.211.167.148 (mandrivausers2.osuosl.org)
> http://mandrivausers.org and http://www.mcrides.co.nz
> both websites are mine.
> A whois of both domains will show my ownership
>
> Many users who register do not receive the confirmation email, or complain that the confirmation email get sent to their "junk" folder.
>
> The mail headers I send out look like this:
> Received: from mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (mandrivausers2.osuosl.org [140.211.167.148])
> by arkos.interspeed.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CD133274A
> for <mcrides@mcrides.co.nz>; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +1200 (NZST)
> Received: by mandrivausers2.osuosl.org (Postfix, from userid 33)
> id EC7FF10C428; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:59 +0000 (UTC)
> To: user@xtra.co.nz
> Subject: My Subject
> From: "McRides :: NZ Motorcycling" <no-reply@mcrides.co.nz>
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:59 -0000
> Message-ID: <10e2baf6dd09efcb42308e0cfdf82a01-m1584@mcrides.co.nz>
> X-Mailer: SMF
>
> Can you please tell me what steps I need to take to make myself a trusted email server?
>
> Thanks
> Paul Willard
>
> While Viewing:
> Form Name: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/bulk.html
>
> Yahoo ID:
> Other ID:
> Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008041514 Firefox/3.0b5
>
> REMOTE_ADDR: 131.203.126.193
>
> REMOTE_HOST: colosus.18londonst.co.nz
>
> Date Originated: Tuesday May 6, 2008 - 18:36:54
>
> -------
>
>
An alternative to this is for you as an Xtra or Yahoo user to log on to your webmail system, and add no-reply@mcrides.co.nz to your address book
You can sign in here: Xtra Webmail