MobileMe - mail issues - Thomas Silkjær

August 19th, 2008 | Silkjaer

MobileMe - mail issues

Since I started using MobileMe, I have run into some issues with my mail.

As I wrote in the first impressions blog post, my setup is that I forward e-mails from all my previous e-mail accounts to my new @me.com e-mail address. This has caused some unexpected issues.

Since some of my old e-mail addresses are many years old, they receive a lot of spam, resulting in most of the redirected mails to my @me e-mail address is spam. This makes the me.com MX servers block incoming mails from my mailservers IP address - which is just all bad.

I contacted the MobileMe support through their support chat, and they sent me a mail with some questions for me to answer regarding mails that comes through, and mails that are bounced. I have replied, and now I can't do nothing more than wait, while hundreds of e-mails are set in queue on my mailserver.

Ultimately, if they choose not to "whitelist" my mailservers IP, I am forced to keep using IMAP on my own server, and loose the MobileMe PUSH ability for the iPhone.

Another thought - does MobileMe just block/delete spam before it reaches my inbox/spam folder? I would like to have the ability to check my spam-folder for false positives - is that impossible?

Tags: iphone and mobileme | 3 Comments

2008-08-19 10:30:57 | Ali B.

I think your problem is not with the spam mails, rather, and as you said, it's blocking the whole IP.
Here's a though, which already sound pretty hacky to me :), Create a new gmail account, set it to retrieve emails from your old accounts via imap Then sent the gmail account to forward your emails to your @me account (or set @me account to retrieve emails from gmail via imap, if @me has that feature). This will serve you in 2 ways: a-Gmail will filter the spams for you. I like their spam filter. b- Gmail IP will never be blocked by Apple :)
Again, this is kludgy. But you may want to try that while they are looking into your problem. Or if they do not fix it.

2008-08-19 10:35:54 | Silkjaer

Yea, I thought of that - used gmail for a while now. I just like the fact that spam reaches the spam folder the place you check your mail, to manually be able to check for false positives. And I don't really like the idea that mails should be forwarded more than once.

But if it keeps being an issue, I will be sure to reconsider it! Thanks :)

3 Responses to MobileMe - mail issues

2008-08-19 10:30:57 | Ali B.

I think your problem is not with the spam mails, rather, and as you said, it's blocking the whole IP.
Here's a though, which already sound pretty hacky to me :), Create a new gmail account, set it to retrieve emails from your old accounts via imap Then sent the gmail account to forward your emails to your @me account (or set @me account to retrieve emails from gmail via imap, if @me has that feature). This will serve you in 2 ways: a-Gmail will filter the spams for you. I like their spam filter. b- Gmail IP will never be blocked by Apple :)
Again, this is kludgy. But you may want to try that while they are looking into your problem. Or if they do not fix it.
2008-08-19 10:35:54 | Silkjaer

Yea, I thought of that - used gmail for a while now. I just like the fact that spam reaches the spam folder the place you check your mail, to manually be able to check for false positives. And I don't really like the idea that mails should be forwarded more than once.
But if it keeps being an issue, I will be sure to reconsider it! Thanks :)
2008-08-20 11:29:05 | Ex

Hi,
sorry, I just read that you have a brightkite-account
My mailadress is: extelligence (at) googlemail.com
Thank you & have a wonderful week.

Thomas Silkjær | Graphic design & photography