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iCloud hopes

redsox9 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:07:52 GMT

It is interesting to know that outgoing mail for migrated plus.com accounts are still being routed directly to relay.plus.net rather than the Greenby proxy.
This may explain why emails to iCloud are still being rejected "due to local policy" -- Apple's internal filters deciding the messages or sending practices do not meet their standards.
Once outgoing mail goes through the Greenby proxy will iCloud start accepting our messages? We live in hope.

Re: iCloud hopes

RPMozley — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:45:07 GMT

relay.plus.net is already pointing at the Greenby proxy. This change was setup long before any accounts were migrated.

Re: iCloud hopes

redsox9 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:41:15 GMT

@MisterW

Yesterday you posted: Currently outgoing mail for migrated plus.com accounts is still going directly via relay.plus.net and NOT via the Greenby proxy.

Has the switch now been made to the Greenby proxy?

Re: iCloud hopes

MisterW — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:00:57 GMT

Maybe I was slightly simplifying things.The proxy is there and migrated accounts would normally be routed by the proxy to the Greenby SMTP server, However for plus.com accounts they are still all routed to Plusnet irrespective of whether they are migrated or not

Re: iCloud hopes

mavison — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:05:41 GMT

@MisterW Are @<account>.f9.co.uk Force9 accounts being routed via Plusnet or Greenby?

Re: iCloud hopes

MisterW — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:25:02 GMT

If the f9 account has been migrated ( most have ) then yes it is routed to the Greenby SMTP server