Gmail again!

[#1]

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@pvmb wrote:

One possible explanation could be that there IS a lot of SPAM coming from Plusnet email addresses...

Some people who have complained of receiving a lot of SPAM over recent months have said some came from their own email address. Then again, some of the more dodgy 'recommendations' on here about the settings for client email software make me wonder if some people's Plusnet account passwords have been compromised, not just their email addresses.

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Um...

[#2]

It's the Plusnet 31.***.***.*** IP range where there is a problem - based on Spamhaus checks.

But lookee here - what's going on, 'EE'?

% Abuse contact for '31.125.0.0 - 31.125.255.255' is '[email protected]'

inetnum: 31.125.0.0 - 31.125.255.255
netname: EE4
descr: Plusnet Broadband
country: GB

 Perhaps it's all those people with ex Plusnet landline phones getting their own back? 😎

[#3]

I sent some test emails from my plusnet email to my gmail account last night.

There was a delay of several hours before they arrived - in my gmail spam box.

I have marked them as 'not spam' in gmail and will monitor to see if that setting sticks.. .

As far as I know I have fully migrated to Greenby but I am in the odd situation of still being a Plusnet customer while I await transfer to another Broadband provider. I just hope the email will still work after my plusnet account is finally closed. Not that I have much faith in Greenby...

[#4]

Jesus ******* Christ! It's a shambles out there...

So I patiently composed a request/complaint form to Spamhaus about the SBL blocking: My name, my email address, my IP, my domain name, carefully listed 1 to 5 comments.

SEND

Submission Error
captcha validation error

Yet I PASSED the effing CAPTCHA to get onto the Spamhaus site in the first effing place!

No wonder nothing works... 😠

[#5]

...Well, that's one more email "successfully delivered" - very quickly.  😶

[#6]

Friday 3/7/2026  17:08

host alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[172.253.152.26]
    said: 421-4.7.28 Gmail has detected an unusual rate of mail originating
    from your SPF 421-4.7.28 domain [<xxx>.plus.com      35]. To protect
    our users from 421-4.7.28 spam, mail sent from your domain has been
    temporarily rate limited. 421-4.7.28 For more information, go to 421-4.7.28

Some you win and some you don't...

Three emails to this same recipient in the last two days, two got through