For those who don't get PF emails

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Email settings have been adjusted to improve the delivery of PF emails, particularly for those previously not receiving them or finding them in spam. Users have reported receiving emails after long periods of absence, indicating that the fixes may be effective. An incorrect SPF setting was identified as a potential cause for emails being blocked as spam. Some users experienced delays in receiving notifications, but issues seem to have resolved for many. Continued updates on email reception are encouraged to ensure ongoing improvements.
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I've been tweaking some email settings and I'd like those who don't get PF emails, or have those emails end up in the spam box, check to see if things have improved. Please keep me updated. I believe my fixes should have worked.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
I've been tweaking some email settings and I'd like those who don't get PF emails, or have those emails end up in the spam box, check to see if things have improved. Please keep me updated. I believe my fixes should have worked.

Greg,

I got my first one after almost a year without any. I will let you know if they do not continue, and Thanks, it must not have been easy to find and fix, if you don't mind a brief explanation would be appreciated.

Rhody...
 
rhody said:
Greg,

I got my first one after almost a year without any. I will let you know if they do not continue, and Thanks, it must not have been easy to find and fix, if you don't mind a brief explanation would be appreciated.

Rhody...

It had to do with an incorrect SPF setting. Your provider was likely blocking the emails thinking it was spam.
 
I've noticed today that I've been getting notifications that were supposedly sent a few days ago. These are the relevant header lines of one of the delayed messages:

Received: from pf2.physicsforums.com (74.86.251.146-static.reverse.softlayer.com [74.86.251.146])
(using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
(No client certificate requested)
by mx3.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF99C220194
for <xxxx@xxxx>; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:17:15 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from nobody by pf2.physicsforums.com with local (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <pfmail@physicsforums.com>)
id 1R3pwo-0002q7-QH
for xxxx@xxxx; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:56:18 -0500
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Anyone having problems receiving PF emails?

I hadn't had problems before, but it now appears I'm not getting replies. I see some replies are winding up in gmail's spam file before my email client sees them.
 
Amazingly, the problem cleared itself in a couple of days. It fixed itself before I had to dive into Google's spam innards and figure out how to defeat it. Do you do magic, Greg?
 

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