Re: Customize the bounce message

"Stuart Gathman" <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:23:04 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spf.devel
Organization Gathman Systems
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 12/15/2017 06:07 PM, David Jones via spf-devel wrote:
>
> The bounce message has a very helpful link to openspf.net explaining
> exactly what is wrong but since my mail servers are doing the
> rejecting, the senders think this is our fault.=C2=A0 End users don't know
> what to do with that bounce message link.
This is the template I am using.=C2=A0 I would love a discussion of how to
make it clearer.=C2=A0 However, the first roadblock is that no one I have
ever interacted with has ever actually read my DSNs, or any other DSN.=C2=A0
If you ever encounter someone (that is not a developer) that actually
reads a DSN, we should give them a prize..

To: %(sender)s
From: postmaster@%(receiver)s
Subject: Critical SPF configuration error
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (configuration error)

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.

YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.

Delivery to the following recipients has been delayed.

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 %(rcpt)s

Subject: %(subject)s
Received-SPF: %(spf_result)s

Your spf record has a permanent error.=C2=A0 The error was:

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 %(perm_error)s

We will reinterpret your record using "lax" processing heuristics
which may result in your mail being accepted anyway.=C2=A0 But you or your
mail administrator need to fix your SPF record as soon as possible.

We are sending you this message to alert you to the fact that
you have problems with your email configuration.

If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact me again.

Kind regards,

postmaster@%(receiver)s