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Problem sending email to certain addresses
Problem reported by Lennart Eliasson - 2/28/2022 at 9:18 AM
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We recently changed to Windows 2022 on AWS
Therefore another ip-address.
This is  the report:
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Could not deliver message to the following recipient(s):

Failed Recipient: s*******y@hotmail.co.uk
Reason: Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 Unfortunately, messages from [13.48.xxx.xxx] weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list (S3140). You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors. [VI1EUR05FT019.eop-eur05.prod.protection.outlook.com]
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Many others have the same problem, and it seems Microsoft doesn´t care.
Maybe somebody knows what to do?


 

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Heimir Eidskrem Replied
Your IP is on one of their block lists so you can change your IP or work with MS.

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Kyle Kerst Replied
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I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with this! In these cases the problem arises because spammers frequently use the AWS elastic IP block as a base of operations. As such, there is likely no configuration changes you need to implement at this time. To correct the issue you can use the MXToolbox.com Blacklist Checker to see which lists you're currently on, then you can use their individual websites to request delisting. Alternatively you can try issuing a new/replacement IP from the elastic block and test further from there. 
Kyle Kerst IT Coordinator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Sabatino Replied
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Sorry for the delay

I'll tell you about my experience with different mail servers, and also on a mail server that has changed IP due to a change of provider

Obviously your ip doesn't have to be blacklisted


To check

The whole microsoft universe (live.xx outlook.xx etc.) when it starts receiving emails from a new mail server (new ip) after a while it blocks you. Guilty until proven guilty

A little bit this is the strategy

Fill in this form


explain your reasons.

They will probably send you a standard email after a while. Follow the instructions on that email and reply again.

At that point after a while they will unlock you.

From my experience, if you don't change ip again it won't happen again
Sabatino Traini Chief Information Officer Genial s.r.l. Martinsicuro - Italy
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Lennart Eliasson Replied
Thanks. We have email contact with Microsoft now. Last respond about 20h ago:

We will be looking into this issue along with the Escalations Team regarding IP: (13.48.xxx..xxx). We understand the urgency of this issue and will provide an update as soon as this is available. Rest assured that this ticket is being tracked and we will get back to you as soon as we have more information to offer.
Nothing since then. No estimated time.

Is it possible to temporary have the old server as an Outgoing Gateway?
It is still running and has no problem with sending emails to MS (live.xx outlook.xx etc.)
Can you do that?
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Kyle Kerst Replied
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I am glad to hear you were able to get in touch with Microsoft on this. In the meantime, you should be able to set that up, yes. You can configure your old server as an Outgoing Gateway in SmarterMail, then configure the primary domain on the new server to use that outgoing gateway. You may also need to whitelist the IP of your new server on the old server so it doesn't require it to authenticate before relaying through.
Kyle Kerst IT Coordinator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Lennart Eliasson Replied
Thanks @Kyle-Kerst and @Sabatino

Outgoing Gateway was good. The old server was completely ready to receive on port 465 so it was easy.
Now we can send emails to live.com etc.
We've also had more contact with Microsoft via email and even phone.

Believe it or not but today we finally got an email that said:
We have implemented mitigation for your IP: (13.48.xxx.xxx) and this process may take 24 - 48 hours to replicate completely throughout our system.
To be sure, we wait a couple of days before returning to normal.

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Jay Dubb Replied
I'm curious why Microsoft was involved.  All of 13.48.0.0/15 (for those who don't speak CIDR, that is 13.48.0.0 - 13.49.255.255)  is Amazon/AWS space, not Microsoft.
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Kyle Kerst Replied
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Microsoft was engaged because they were having trouble delivering to Microsoft due to having migrated to a new IP on the AWS network.
Kyle Kerst IT Coordinator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Sabatino Replied
Look, I think we have a bad understanding

They sure didn't mitigate the class
13.48.0.0/15

but a single ip address
13.48.xxx.xxx that aws assigned it

This has happened to me more than once

When microsoft starts receiving emails from a new mail server, or rather from a new ip even from an existing mail server, you are guilty until proven guilty.

You have to contact them and they mitigate the ip. as if they had to put the ip between the ip associated with a mailserver
Sabatino Traini Chief Information Officer Genial s.r.l. Martinsicuro - Italy
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Jay Dubb Replied
@Sabatino said:  "When microsoft starts receiving emails from a new mail server, or rather from a new ip even from an existing mail server, you are guilty until proven guilty. "

Very much agree.  We've found Google just as unpleasant, until the first 30-45 days has passed without complaints.  

In December, we brought a customer onboard that generates traffic of about 2.5 million messages per month.  (All of it legit person-to-person.  They're just a big customer.)  The first month+ was miserable delivering to mailboxes hosted at MS (outlook.com) and Gmail, and traffic was coming from our IP address space that is squeaky clean. 

The irony is, the MS and Gmail networks are also among the largest sources of spam we get. They are Nazi-like in their inbound filtering, but overly liberal in what they let out... and they're "too big to block".
 

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