Re: G-Mail Blocking

[Melissa Guenther <mguenther () COX NET>]

I don't know if this has any thing to do with your situation, however,
thought I would mention it .  Some Gmail policies were revised as of
6/28/2004.  I can't take the time to look at the changes, but thought you
might want to.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Wiens" <numatrix () UFL EDU>
To: <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] G-Mail Blocking


> Nothing stopped here, I'm able to send/receive to my gmail account.  I'm a
> bit confused though; is the blocking occuring at the network level or at
> the smtp level?  From what you mention about a traceroute it sounds like a
> network level, which is definitely a bit odd.  A few of the gmail mx
> records are very close to google.com a records, so the blocking must be
> affecting only the specific hosts or a very narrow range of ips on their
> side.
>
> --
> Jordan Wiens, CISSP
> UF Network Security Engineer
> (352)392-2061
>
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Doug Sandford wrote:
>
> > We have discovered that the folks at Google are blocking (not
> > returning!) our site from receiving mail to authorized g-mail
> > accounts. We have tried sending to abuse () gmail com etc etc, but of
> > course no one is getting the correspondence.
> >
> > Has anyone else out there had a similar situation and how did you
> > resolve it? I suppose I could always resort to a Hotmail or Yahoo
> > account to get my point across. Our internet provider indicates that
> > trace routes reveal the mail is stopping at gmail. hmmmm.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any advice.
> >
> >
> > Doug Sandford
> > Information Security Officer
> > University of Alabama
> > Seebeck Computer Center
> > doug () ua edu
> >
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