Ramblings of a Linux Administrator

I wrote a new article this weekend that identifies the main reason that Yahoo temporarily defers mail messages with an error 421. With spam mail messages on the constant rise, we can hardly blame Yahoo for being more strict on blocking mail messages that aren’t guaranteed to be spam free. With this problem, Yahoo has a solution for businesses that have to send commercial or bulk email- DKIM. DKIM solves Yahoo’s spam problem by allowing them to authenticate emails sent from your server, and it solves a businesses’ problem of ensuring that important non-unsolicited bulk email is delivered.

Many administrators and email marketers alike have been frustrated by the addition of SPF and DKIM authentication, and few know how to properly tackle this burden. As always, if you need help installing a DKIM filter, or adding SPF to your domain’s DNS records, be sure to contact me.

Here is the article:
http://linuxconsultant.info/tutorials/yahoo-temporarily-defers-email-with-error-message-421.html

Normally, I’m not a blog person.  Simply put, I am the type of person that would rather call someone, than post a blog.  However, there are times when I want to share stuff that I’ve found with server software that maybe your average Joe doesn’t know about.  Enter this blog.

Over the days, months, or however long I decide to keep this blog up and running, I’ll post the latest challenges in my life (technical, anyways!).  Maybe someone will find value on this (they’d better), or maybe not.

Anyways, here’s the first post.  Now I’m off to install the shiny plugins!