[191071] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J. Hellenthal)
Tue Aug 16 19:51:43 2016
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From: "J. Hellenthal" <jhellenthal@dataix.net>
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In-Reply-To: <293701d1f816$8981f720$9c85e560$@SanDiegoBroadband.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:51:37 -0500
To: Sam Norris <Sam@SanDiegoBroadband.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Unfortunately I am not in the same boat here in Milwaukee WI all messages to=
vtext.com personal and business on greater that four subnets that we own ar=
e being delivered. I would suspect what you are seeing may be a local proble=
m to be resolved soon.
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Onward!,=20
Jason Hellenthal,=20
Systems & Network Admin,=20
Mobile: 0x9CA0BD58,=20
JJH48-ARIN
On Aug 16, 2016, at 18:33, Sam Norris <Sam@SanDiegoBroadband.com> wrote:
Same boat... We are sending messages to PHONENUMBER@vtext.com and getting
bouncebacks or lost items. I assume its because some limits are now being p=
ut
into place. We are a Verizon subscriber so I am paying, it is not a free
service. But .... I am totally up for paid services if you can recommend so=
me
that will reliably get us texts to our verizon phones.
Sam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ryan, Spencer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:17 PM
> To: Josh Luthman; Mike
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: RE: Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip
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> I agree. Pay Pager duty or a SMS gateway with a SLA. Relying on the free
service
> for anything critical is asking for trouble.
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> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
> Date: 8/16/16 6:09 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Mike <mike-nanog@tiedyenetworks.com>
> Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Email to text - vtext.com blacklisting ip
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> If it's critical I'd suggest a service than can depended on...
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> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
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>> On Aug 16, 2016 5:45 PM, "Mike" <mike-nanog@tiedyenetworks.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I have a server that monitors my network and issues text messages if
>> there are events of note that require human intervention. There is some
>> process filtering that ensures it also is not able to issue more than 1
>> alert maximum per 5 minutes, to ensure it doesn't flood pagers with
>> messages all screaming the sky is falling when things are not going well.=
>> Recently however, this server is no longer able to deliver messages to
>> vtext.com - it gets nothing but 554 errors:
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>> telnet 69.78.67.53 25
>> Trying 69.78.67.53...
>> Connected to 69.78.67.53.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> 554 txslspamp10.vtext.com
>> Connection closed by foreign host.
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>> Granted on some days during challenging times it can send 30 or 40
>> messages before we get to it and get it squelched / silenced, but it's
>> otherwise reasonably well behaved IMHO and I don't think we are any heavy=
>> volume sender. So I am trying to figure out why it's blacklisted then and=
>> am rolling snake eyes. If anyone who is an admin for verizon or who has
>> any insight to share I'd certainly appreciate it. Email to text is a
>> critical function we depend on.
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>> Thank you.
