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accepting email from .eu domain
« on: January 03, 2019, 11:36:09 PM »
My SME9.x server is marking incoming email from valid .eu domain addresses as spam. Can someone point me in the right direction to correct this?
The server is up to date.
I need help, and will post whatever logs might be necessary to help diagnose the issue.
Thanks in advance.

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2019, 12:05:49 AM »
Do you have a bare install? or do you have any contribs installed particularly spam/mail etc contribs?

Do you have RBLs enabled?
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2019, 12:08:54 AM »
Should have added, essential reading:  https://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Spam
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2019, 01:59:14 AM »
Do you have a bare install? or do you have any contribs installed particularly spam/mail etc contribs?

Do you have RBLs enabled?

Essentially it's a bare install, meaning that I have not installed or modified anything that relates in any way to email handling.
I dunno about RBLs; I certainly haven't consciously enabled blacklisting, using only the virus scanning and spam filtering that is installed by default.

Note on competency: I'm not a total noob by any means, but I am certainly not up to date on email security techniques, and this particular issue is outside my current knowledge. I apologize for that.

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2019, 02:24:58 AM »
Note on competency: I'm not a total noob by any means, but I am certainly not up to date on email security techniques, and this particular issue is outside my current knowledge. I apologize for that.

Probably been at this longer than I have and as a job, I am just a plodder :-), no apology warranted..

The reason I added the link to that section of the wiki is due to recent updates to qpsmtpd and associated plugins..best to make sure what is enabled and included
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2019, 02:26:17 AM »
Should have added, essential reading:  https://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Spam

Wading through that now :-)
Specifically, learning about RBLs... but I can't see anything that explains why .eu addresses are being summarily rejected.

Comically, and perhaps ironically, I've been subscribed to the Postfix mail list for some years, as my previous email server used it. The main person whose emails are being rejected is a senior and well respected contributor to that list !!!

I had asked on the Postfix list why his and only his emails were being rejected. I'd said that I'm using SME 9, not Postfix, to which his unhelpful answer was "ask on another maillist then".

Somebody else came to my "help" with...

Because the domain that he uses to send emails through this mailing
list has DMARC p=quarantine setting:
# dig +short _dmarc.junc.eu TXT
"v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:report_rua@dmarc.junc.eu; fo=d;
adkim=r; aspf=r; sp=none"


Does that shed any light on the issue?

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2019, 03:54:58 AM »
It largely depends on your mailserver and what it thinks of his mail. It could be poor configuration their end, or aggressive settings at yours.

How do you receive mail ? Directly via SMTP or does the server fetch it via POP3?

First thing is in the mail headers - can you post the headers of a Spam mail please so we can have a look? That should give some clues.

You can have a look at the logs in /var/log/spamd

Depending on how you get mail the next log to search is:

/var/log/qpsmtpd/current

That has a series of archives but they are rotated pretty quickly.

You can have a look for his email

Code: [Select]
grep -ir "joe@postfix.eu" /var/log/qpsmtpd/current | tai64nlocal
or

Code: [Select]
grep -ir "joe@postfix.eu" /var/log/qpsmtpd/* | tai64nlocal
You hopefully you should find something like

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2019-01-02 09:57:19.702845500 21326 dispatching RCPT TO:<joe@postfix.eu>

We can now look for the entire transaction which in this case is 21326

Code: [Select]
grep 21326 /var/log/qpsmtpd/current | tai64nlocal
Might tell us a bit more.

On top of that lets have a look at these:

Code: [Select]
config show spamassassin
Code: [Select]
config show qpsmtpd
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2019, 05:00:41 AM »
It largely depends on your mailserver and what it thinks of his mail. It could be poor configuration their end, or aggressive settings at yours.

How do you receive mail ? Directly via SMTP or does the server fetch it via POP3?

First thing is in the mail headers - can you post the headers of a Spam mail please so we can have a look? That should give some clues.

You can have a look at the logs in /var/log/spamd

Depending on how you get mail the next log to search is:

/var/log/qpsmtpd/current

That has a series of archives but they are rotated pretty quickly.

You can have a look for his email

Code: [Select]
grep -ir "joe@postfix.eu" /var/log/qpsmtpd/current | tai64nlocal
or

Code: [Select]
grep -ir "joe@postfix.eu" /var/log/qpsmtpd/* | tai64nlocal
You hopefully you should find something like

We can now look for the entire transaction which in this case is 21326

Code: [Select]
grep 21326 /var/log/qpsmtpd/current | tai64nlocal
Might tell us a bit more.

On top of that lets have a look at these:

Code: [Select]
config show spamassassin
Code: [Select]
config show qpsmtpd

OK, here we go:
First, I have a fixed IP address and am using smtp for mail.
Next, here's an extract from /var/log/spamd/current for the latest rejected mail from the sender:
@400000005c2e83d71a6b63bc Jan  3 15:51:09.443 [2081] info: spamd: connection from 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1]:33706 to port 783, fd 4
@400000005c2e83d71aadeafc Jan  3 15:51:09.447 [2081] info: spamd: checking message <82834dccf5f62ab898c6e9dfad03a412@junc.eu> for qpsmtpd:1005
@400000005c2e83d82af18d9c Jan  3 15:51:10.720 [2081] info: spamd: clean message (-5.3/7.0) for qpsmtpd:1005 in 1.3 seconds, 4434 bytes.
@400000005c2e83d82af4e8fc Jan  3 15:51:10.721 [2081] info: spamd: result: . -5 - BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED scantime=1.3,size=4434,user=qpsmtpd,uid=1005,required_score=7.0,rhost=127.0.0.1,raddr=127.0.0.1,rport=33706,mid=<82834dccf5f62ab898c6e9dfad03a412@junc.eu>,bayes=0.000000,autolearn=disabled
@400000005c2e83d82eedec74 Jan  3 15:51:10.787 [2325] info: prefork: child states: II


This message [2081] doesn't show up in /var/log/qpsmtpd, it jumps from [2069] to a [2183] "cleanup" for [2069] to [2082].

I use Thunderbird for Windows, which, while it allows me to see full headers, doesn't make it easy for me to copy. The message is filtered into a folder, so I'll go find it and post the header info next.

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2019, 05:53:21 AM »
Here's the header. I hope to heck I'm not disclosing anything private, but this is a header from a piece of listmail, so I presume it's all OK. I've <xx>'d out the name parts of email addresses, just to add a thong of privacy to the innocent parties.

Subject:
Re: Limiting global number of outgoing connections
From:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx <xx>@junc.eu>
Date:
1/3/2019, 3:50 PM
To:
postfix-users@postfix.org
Return-Path:
<owner-postfix-users@postfix.org>
Delivered-To:
<myemailaddress>@spencer.barnlea.com
Received:
(qmail 6980 invoked by alias); 3 Jan 2019 21:51:11 -0000
Delivered-To:
alias-localdelivery-<myemailaddress>@barnlea.com
Received:
(qmail 6977 invoked by uid 453); 3 Jan 2019 21:51:10 -0000
X-Virus-Checked:
by ClamAV 0.100.2 on barnlea.com
X-Virus-Found:
No
X-Spam-Status:
No, score=-5.3 required=7.0 autolearn=disabled
X-Spam-Checker-Version:
SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on spencer.barnlea.com
X-Spam-Details:
* -2.3 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, * medium trust * [168.100.1.4 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] * 0.0 HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS From and EnvelopeFrom 2nd level mail * domains are different * -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's * domain * -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature * 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily * valid * -1.0 MAILING_LIST_MULTI Multiple indicators imply a widely-seen list * manager
X-HELO:
russian-caravan.cloud9.net
Authentication-Results:
barnlea.com; auth=none; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=postfix.org; dkim=pass header.i=@junc.eu; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine) d=junc.eu
Received:
from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (HELO russian-caravan.cloud9.net) (168.100.1.4) by barnlea.com (qpsmtpd/0.96) with ESMTPS (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted); Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:51:09 -0600
X-DKIM-Authentication:
domain: junc.eu, selector: default, result: pass, policy: o=~, name: sender, policy_result: neutral, policy: o=~, name: author, policy_result: accept, policy: dkim=all, name: ADSP, policy_location: junc.eu, policy_result: accept
Received-SPF:
none (postfix.org: No applicable sender policy available) receiver=spencer.barnlea.com; identity=mailfrom; envelope-from="owner-postfix-users@postfix.org"; helo=russian-caravan.cloud9.net; client-ip=168.100.1.4
Received:
by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) id 3366C339B7F; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:51:00 -0500 (EST)
Delivered-To:
postfix-users-outgoing@cloud9.net
Received:
from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30CBA330B1A for <postfix-users-outgoing@cloud9.net>; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:51:00 -0500 (EST)
X-Virus-Scanned:
amavisd-new at cloud9.net
Received:
from russian-caravan.cloud9.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2TYLRm7zUpLN for <postfix-users-outgoing@cloud9.net>; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:51:00 -0500 (EST)
Received:
by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix, from userid 54) id 1296E339F6C; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:51:00 -0500 (EST)
Delivered-To:
postfix-users@cloud9.net
Received:
from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD024339B7F for <postfix-users@cloud9.net>; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:50:59 -0500 (EST)
X-Virus-Scanned:
amavisd-new at cloud9.net
Received:
from russian-caravan.cloud9.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tWWkXVYwnfN9 for <postfix-users@cloud9.net>; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:50:59 -0500 (EST)
Received:
from linode.junc.eu (linode.junc.eu [176.58.121.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BE40330B1A for <postfix-users@postfix.org>; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:50:59 -0500 (EST)
Received:
from localhost.junc.eu (localhost.junc.eu [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.junc.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 668D41BE163 for <postfix-users@postfix.org>; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 21:50:56 +0000 (GMT)
Received:
from localhost.junc.eu (localhost.junc.eu [IPv6:::1]) by linode.junc.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 375271BE110 for <postfix-users@postfix.org>; Thu, 3 Jan 2019 21:50:56 +0000 (GMT)
DKIM-Signature:
v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=junc.eu; s=default; t=1546552256; x=1546984256; bh=wGHoMklRtAJ3K07aG9w6y3uuKu0bXAhM+XgSsIMe0xE=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=vBnKH0GuqmU9ZAINlW2t0NfYlAW8U+YqOEdABGDcIQrDzGitQjNM9MXcsEtSWO+Cr 4LFKI6m3HooU648IFo0ltOUlZKqYXUxbilAFvG5yBU46DMLOkDE/XMTjrV6zyFbQqT 99piwIjfbojIgfoAD+qRiK7ny5oVx+SRWOGABGwc=
MIME-Version:
1.0
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit
Organization:
Jersore Underground Network Center
In-Reply-To:
<8CAA4826-40D7-4A3F-804F-C1B9545F29EC@dukhovni.org>
References:
<009C8269-3220-494D-9C4E-6431A3AFE88E@lorenzomilesi.it> <8CAA4826-40D7-4A3F-804F-C1B9545F29EC@dukhovni.org>
Message-ID:
<82834dccf5f62ab898c6e9dfad03a412@junc.eu>
X-Sender:
<xx>@junc.eu
User-Agent:
Roundcube Webmail/1.3.8
Sender:
owner-postfix-users@postfix.org
Precedence:
bulk
List-Id:
Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org>
List-Post:
<mailto:postfix-users@postfix.org>
List-Help:
<http://www.postfix.org/lists.html>
List-Unsubscribe:
<mailto:majordomo@postfix.org>
List-Subscribe:
<mailto:majordomo@postfix.org>

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2019, 07:02:17 AM »
It's a wonder the email isn't seasick after passing through so many mail servers
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2019, 10:12:56 AM »
It's a wonder the email isn't seasick after passing through so many mail servers

Hehehehehe priceless !
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2019, 10:23:14 AM »
Good start @julianop

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X-Spam-Status:
No, score=-5.3 required=7.0 autolearn=disabled

So looks like spamassassin isn't junking it then. So it isn't your server from the looks of things.

I presume it is ending up in your Thunderbird Junk?

My guess here & now is it is Thunderbird doing the Junking, not SME.

There are several different Junk settings in TB but on mobile at the minute so from memory....

You can 'train' it by clicking the Junk icon. You can also check the account junk settings. Don't junk if contact is in address book etc. Also in Preferences I think you can reset the Junk training. Might need to have play and tweak.
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2019, 06:12:48 PM »
Good start @julianop

So looks like spamassassin isn't junking it then. So it isn't your server from the looks of things.

I presume it is ending up in your Thunderbird Junk?

My guess here & now is it is Thunderbird doing the Junking, not SME.

There are several different Junk settings in TB but on mobile at the minute so from memory....

You can 'train' it by clicking the Junk icon. You can also check the account junk settings. Don't junk if contact is in address book etc. Also in Preferences I think you can reset the Junk training. Might need to have play and tweak.

Thanks for your response, ReetP...
Yes, the emails are ending up in Junk, but there seems to be nothing I can do to prevent it, and it's only emails from that particular user using a .eu TLD that are summarily rejected for no apparent reason. And training seems to have no effect: I keep telling TB that the emails aren't junk, but it refuses to accept them as valid. Those behaviors are why I thought the issue was something embedded in the header on the server side.

I'll see if I can spin up another IMAP email client and see what happens...

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2019, 12:10:45 AM »
Ahhh ok.


From your email headers there was no sign that SME was junking it.

So it seems Thunderbird is the issue, and not SME.

You could try Thunderbird with a clean profile. I know it sometimes has a mind of its own.... and don't talk to me about their latest version breaking add ons and with a half baked new API..... Grrrrrr...
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2019, 01:20:47 AM »
Ahhh ok.


From your email headers there was no sign that SME was junking it.

So it seems Thunderbird is the issue, and not SME.

You could try Thunderbird with a clean profile. I know it sometimes has a mind of its own.... and don't talk to me about their latest version breaking add ons and with a half baked new API..... Grrrrrr...

I'll try the new profile, thanks, though that'll be a pain too, because I have several accounts set up.
I totally agree on the new version: as part of trying to solve this dilemma I had to juggle with filters, ended up with a pile of duplicated emails, only to find to my horror that the remove duplicates add-on was disabled. Grrrrr is right!
Can you suggest another client that works with SME and handles IMAP properly??

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2019, 01:59:08 AM »
With a new profile you can always switch back to the old.

Check how to run Thunderbird to choose a profile at startup. You might find something to export/backup the old account setting too.

As to another client it depends on your OS. Thunderbird is still the best IMAP client I know if despite its quirks and deaf developers.

Try clawsmail for testing at least. Works on most OS, and one of the few to handle multiple accounts... a TB strongpoint.

https://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php?section=downloads

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2019, 01:57:44 PM »
If your SME is filtering spam effectively you could also disable the Thunderbird spam filter entirely:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-junk-spam-messages


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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2019, 03:41:41 PM »
I found that the fail2ban filters didn't block these effectively and I wrote myself some new regex

https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8955

That's stopped this stuff in its tracks (see other forum posts and bugs on overloading connections etc)

Worth testing and adding to the bug.
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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2019, 05:35:59 AM »
I found that the fail2ban filters didn't block these effectively and I wrote myself some new regex

https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8955

That's stopped this stuff in its tracks (see other forum posts and bugs on overloading connections etc)

Worth testing and adding to the bug.
I'm not trying to stop anything in its tracks... Good mail is being rejected when I don't want to be.

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2019, 05:38:29 AM »
With a new profile you can always switch back to the old.

Check how to run Thunderbird to choose a profile at startup. You might find something to export/backup the old account setting too.

As to another client it depends on your OS. Thunderbird is still the best IMAP client I know if despite its quirks and deaf developers.

Try clawsmail for testing at least. Works on most OS, and one of the few to handle multiple accounts... a TB strongpoint.

https://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php?section=downloads
I'm using Windows 7. I'll try claws.
I tried a new TB profile. Immediately started reject mail from a valid .eu email address :-(


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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2019, 07:55:28 AM »
julianop

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I tried a new TB profile. Immediately started reject mail from a valid .eu email address :-(

Wait for new mail to come in (from this eu domain address) & without having first opened mail in Thunderbird, you should review mail using webmail (that is built in to SME server)
https://yourSMEserverdomain/webmail

Unless you have previously configured webmail, it should not be doing anything to move or filter messages & I assume you should see your messages from the eu domain address.
This is just to prove whether SME server is in anyway involved (it appears not to be so far).
If you can see the messages, then the problem is more likely to be with your Thunderbird mail client settings.

You did not answer yet if you totally disabled spam filtering in Thunderbird (as an experiment at least to see what effect it is having).

Re trying another profile, that may not be too useful as I think the Thunderbird default is for spam filtering to be on.

Have you looked deeply at Thunderbird settings for each email account you have set up ?
Please search before asking, an answer may already exist.
The Search & other links to useful information are at top of Forum.

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2019, 03:17:37 PM »
julianop

Wait for new mail to come in (from this eu domain address) & without having first opened mail in Thunderbird, you should review mail using webmail (that is built in to SME server)
https://yourSMEserverdomain/webmail

Good thinking, Janet; I should have thought of that myself. I'll do exactly that. I have used the webmail client, and in fact do so once a month for its helpful sent-folder archiving.

Unless you have previously configured webmail, it should not be doing anything to move or filter messages & I assume you should see your messages from the eu domain address.
This is just to prove whether SME server is in anyway involved (it appears not to be so far).
If you can see the messages, then the problem is more likely to be with your Thunderbird mail client settings.

Got it. No, I haven't made any configuration changes to webmail, so this should indeed be a definitive test. Kind of a "duh!" moment for me, thanks, and I'm embarrassed for being so dim!

You did not answer yet if you totally disabled spam filtering in Thunderbird (as an experiment at least to see what effect it is having).

Oops, apologies. I did not do so, but will do so, in order of your suggestions: it seems that the webmail test would be the first, obvious (!) test.

Re trying another profile, that may not be too useful as I think the Thunderbird default is for spam filtering to be on.
I did so on the suggestion of another helper. I don't remember myself now, either !

Have you looked deeply at Thunderbird settings for each email account you have set up ?
I have looked at the UI level, I haven't delved into the config file itself. I'll try your other suggestions first, then tie a rope around my waist and to a nearly tree and go spelunking if I need to after that ;-).
Thank you for your thoughtful and helpful response.

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2019, 02:06:02 AM »
julianop

This is basic troubleshooting procedure, start with the simple tests & rule out the obvious before blaming.

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I have looked at the UI level, I haven't delved into the config file itself.

The basic Thunderbird GUI level settings check for spam filtering will tell you.
You should be able to check more quickly than you can type a message here.

In Thunderbird
Highlight the account name
On right panel select View settings for this account
Then Click Junk settings
See if the first check box for "Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account" is ticked or unticked

Untick it if necessary
Click OK
Then log out of Thunderbird & even log out of Windows
Log back in, open Thunderbird & check incoming mail again

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2019, 03:06:49 AM »
julianop

This is basic troubleshooting procedure, start with the simple tests & rule out the obvious before blaming.

The basic Thunderbird GUI level settings check for spam filtering will tell you.
You should be able to check more quickly than you can type a message here.

In Thunderbird
Highlight the account name
On right panel select View settings for this account
Then Click Junk settings
See if the first check box for "Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account" is ticked or unticked

Untick it if necessary
Click OK
Then log out of Thunderbird & even log out of Windows
Log back in, open Thunderbird & check incoming mail again
Yes yes, I know how to, I just couldn't remember if I had done so.
Anyway, I've disabled it, and we'll see what happens.
It may amuse you to know that before i disabled filtering in Thunderbird just now, an email copy of a support response I received from the Mozilla support site (because I am obviously now investigating that angle too) was also tagged as spam, as was an incoming mail from Brazil (.br tld), and also listmail from the Samba forum.
The helpful person on the Mozilla forum also suggested I look at the "helpful" Internet security suite running on my PC, too. I'm running Ad-Aware, so I've turned that off, temporarily.

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2019, 05:34:47 PM »
julianop

How did it go ?
Did you find the culprit ?
If so, what ?

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Re: accepting email from .eu domain
« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2019, 06:00:56 PM »
julianop

How did it go ?
Did you find the culprit ?
If so, what ?

Hi Janet, and thanks much for checking in.
Current status is that I'm diligently reading mail first with SME's webmail client to see what it does with mail from the "offending" accounts, then opening up Thunderbird with a new, temporary profile, then once more with the regular profile (because that is where the problem was initially visible, and because it is set up to support my other accounts). Ad-Aware is currently disabled, too. In that way I hope to quickly localize the cause to one application.
So far, however, I haven't received any listmail from any of the particular email addresses that gives grief, so regretfully I have nothing to report. You can be sure I will, though: support sites like this work best if we communicate successes as well as failures, and I'm happy to do my modest part.
I am a pack-rat where email is concerned, and I have an eyebrow raising folder tree into which I filter mail - especially listmail - and I have listmail from the Postfix site (and Samba, actually) going back to 2011 (and before, if and when I ever repair an old crashed hard drive!). I am tempted to move an email or two from  the primary offending email back into the inbox and in doing so manually trigger the junk filter. Do you have any thoughts on this idea?