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Dev1 - hey we need to run some test to ensure delivery on our emails, how should we do it?

Dev2- I dunno, just put {RANDOMSTRING}@somedomain.com and send it. Dont bother to ask @Linux about it, it is a good idea

Dev1 - sounds like a great idea! I'll send a couple of thousands, ok?

--------- TODAY ---------

Me: Hey why are we on blacklist?

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  • 30
    Lol wtf, this is gold
  • 7
    @DLMousey that's pretty sweet, never seen it before thanks for the mention!
  • 6
    @DLMousey do they *gasp* send you promotional emails!? Lol
  • 5
    Not sure if I should laugh or get angry about that, it is funny to discover the reason but they surely fucked up and hope they don't do that again lol
  • 3
    Good luck explaining things to the blacklist maintainers. Feelsbadman.
  • 3
    Getting on those blacklists is easy, getting off them... (especially when you deliberately sent thousands of spam emails!)
  • 2
    @DLMousey that's why I prefer MailHog, it's a tiny self-hosted tool for the same purpose
  • 1
    @DLMousey If I could give you 1000++. Thanks!
  • 3
    @Linux Hello Spamhaus?? Yes, I just acquired a new domain and it looks like I’m blacklisted. Yes it IS a shame. I know, it must have been used by those awful scammers. Hey since J have you on the line what can I do to get my domain off that list?
  • 2
    Ooooh.. I feel the he pain...and the anger building up inside you must have almost brought you to murder those dev's @Linux
  • 3
    @Diactoros

    Most likely your domain is not backlisted - just your IP-range.

    Talk to your ISP about it
  • 2
    @NeatNerdPrime

    I switched of the server, and said that it is not going up until I see a commit that solved it.
  • 2
    @Linux Good to know, but I was trying (poorly) to make fun of your situation. That is definitely annoying, devs are sometimes surprisingly ignorant of the structure on which all of their work relies.
  • 1
    If you're genuinely trying to get your domain un-blacklisted, or at least to significantly lower the chance of this happening again, it might be a good idea to read up on DMARC, SPF and DKIM.
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