Hi guys, our email server was locked by the provider due to "abuse" it seems. We're working on it, please be patient.
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Hi guys, our email server was locked by the provider due to "abuse" it seems. We're working on it, please be patient.
Email delivery is currently unavailable.
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Okay, the whole story, according to our research:
In Dec 2023, an " IT professional" joined Codeberg with a valid email address. In the meantime, they apparently changed something with their server, because the email address is no longer available.
They are also a very active contributor to abuseipdb.com, reporting every server which sends mail to nonexistent email addresses on their personal server to.
This report triggered the abuse department of our ISP to take down our server.
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We're still waiting for a response from the abuse department about a potential unlock. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
We have blogged about the problem when providers like @netcup (in our case) rely on blocklists as the single source of truth, without second thought or verification.
This caused much trouble and headache for us, but the person who put us on the list due to a config error will likely never know it happened, after all.
How blocklists prevent the internet to be decentralized – and safe. — Codeberg News
TL;DR: We are currently experiencing recurring malware upload waves,...
(blog.codeberg.org)
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@netcup The issue is resolved with the help of our provider. Thanks for this and all your patience.
Most of the email was successfully delivered, only few remains in the queue.
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In the responses to this thread, many users started to blame the IT admin who automatically put our IP address to the blocklist.
Please note that we don't want to blame a single party. Reporting spam and reacting to abuse reports is a good thing.
However, we are concerned about the fact that automation based on accusations from single parties escalates to regular headache for network operators.
This is also far from the utopy of an Internet, where everyone can easily host their own services.
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Blocklists are not only community-maintained resources, but often charge for monitoring and removal services.
There is an imbalance between small and large operators, and the fact that many people suggested us to just use service from $$company$$ instead of self-hosting emails indicates the terrible situation.
We have written about our position in detail previously: https://blog.codeberg.org/how-blocklists-prevent-the-internet-to-be-decentralized-and-safe.html