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2026-07-28 outage

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  • TomMix
    Getting warmed up
    • Jan 2005
    • 68

    #1

    2026-07-28 outage

    any info on the outage yesterday?
    vbulletin showed systemerrors.
    has cody prepared a report?

    good luck, have fun, dont die!
  • Kamal
    Administrator
    • May 2002
    • 29004

    #2
    From Cody

    The fix was to stop vBulletin using legacy PHP/sendmail through Exim with the misaligned sender mercserv@tk.mjwebhosting.com.

    I changed it to authenticated SMTP:
    SMTP host: mail.mercuryserver.com
    Port: 465
    TLS: implicit SSL
    Username: registrations@mercuryserver.com
    From: "[ms]" <registrations@mercuryserver.com>
    Return-Path/bounce: registrations@mercuryserver.com

    I also added:
    • DMARC for mercuryserver.com
    • Exact HELO SPF for tk.mjwebhosting.com
    • Retained the existing SPF and DKIM

    That cleared the screenshot’s SPF_NONE, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, and HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS failures. The live forum test then passed SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and TLS and landed in Gmail’s inbox.

    So the key point: it wasn’t primarily an Exim daemon rewrite—it was replacing vBulletin’s unauthenticated local sendmail path with authenticated, identity-aligned SMTP through Exim.
    !
    www.mjwebhosting.com

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    he isnt worth the water that splashes up into your asshole while you're shitting
    Originally posted by ace_dl
    Guys and Gals, I have to hurry/leaving for short-term vacations.
    I won't be back until next Tuesday, so if Get Carter is the correct answer, I would appreciate of someone else posts a new cap for me

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