@stux I do not wish running your own mail server on my worst enemy... spam management is very hard to do well.

I use gmail strictly because they are so good at keeping spam out and it is next to impossible to get as good a result on a personal server.

@freemo I know, I know.. :sad_cat:

But I feel kinda desperate and don't know what to do anymore :(

For Gmail, do you use a free or paid/business account? I wonder if we can send from gmail with root domain?

@stux I dont know what your problem is or what your trying to do/solve.

I use a paid gmail for custom domains. I think the cost is 5$ a month. What do you mean by root domain? I use qoto.org for my gmail.

@freemo Well that's the issue.. It's something with DNs while that's all okay

Funny thing is.... I did had Google Business 2 days ago but switched to ProtonMail :mortyderp:

Only for incoming mail and not SMTP though but it seemed it fcked it all up somehow

Maybe a paid Gmail is indeed the best option

@stux I'd need to know a lot more about the problem to even begin to offer debugging advice let alone a solution. Just "its something to do with DNS" isnt much to go on.

I presume you are aware of MX records and how they can dictate mail routing regardless of the A/CNAME record and all the hbroad strokes.

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@stux Also be aware that changes to the DNS record can, in some cases, take up to 24 hours to propagate globally and cashed DNS servers around the world may have your old DNS information for a short period.

@freemo I know, that's what i was thinking.. Since I added and now removed ProtonMail DNS but I'm not sure how that effected the Mailgun settings since it was on a sub domain and Proton on root.

That's why i was thinking maybe this is a solution?
medium.com/@ahmadb/fixing-dns-

@stux ok so none of what i suggested would be relevant. MX records are for incomming only... Why is it trying to send an email to such a weird address on its own internal domain though.. that seems odd.

@freemo Don't think so no 🤔

Isn't that sidekiq's doing? :blobcatgiggle:

@freemo That the one I found the solution on indeed!

See medium article ;)

I checked and currently the file has no resolvers yet but im a but careful when messing with this

@stux Well they solved it by explicitly setting the DNS resolver to 8.8.8.8... you havent done this out of caution? What do you think that would break? I use 8.8.8.8 for all my servers, its the best dns resolver around IMO

@freemo Indeed :blobcatgiggle:

No sure, that's why I didn't change hahaha! :flan_laugh:

Personally I dislike Google but i think you're right on this one :blobcatgiggle:

@stux Try 8.8.8.8, if it fixes the problem at least you know its your local resolver, at that point you can try finding a non-google resolver, or switch back to your old resolver once it updates.

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