CNAME and hiding mumara real domain/ip.

wasif

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It's very simple. Just host your tracking domain on any server and put the PHP redirect file on it. What issue did you see?
 

robust

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Got it. I am able to do it. Which one is better .htaccess or PHP redirect?
Technical comparison?
 

wasif

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PHP Redirect is better if you don't want your Mumara domain to be exposed in the redirection loop in any way.
 

wasif

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It has nothing to do with the PowerMTA server. It's a redirection method for tracking purposes.
 

vector_di

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I understand that :)
I wanted to ask if it is possible to connect PowerMTA domains using PHP Redirect (if php installed in PowerMTA server), since PowerMTA domains worked previously through CNAME tracking.
 

wasif

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Yes it is, you can host tracking domains anywhere
 

mube_2020

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- When i use "cloak" fo sending domain, can i set the primary domain as the application URL of mumara and it will be hidden with the sending domain?

- Is it a problem when Plesk is installed at the sending Domain? I followed your instructions but the cloak confirmation failed. (Uploaded index.php and allow_url_fopen is on)

- Do i need any additional DNS settings or something else? ( click.sendingdomain.de as DNS setting)
 

wasif

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@mube_2020

- When i use "cloak" fo sending domain, can i set the primary domain as the application URL of mumara and it will be hidden with the sending domain?
Ans: Yes you can set the primary domain to the application URL. Cloaking doesn't expose your Mumara server URL. But again you should know that there are more tricks to find out the origin of the email.

- Is it a problem when Plesk is installed at the sending Domain? I followed your instructions but the cloak confirmation failed. (Uploaded index.php and allow_url_fopen is on)
Ans: allow_url_fopen should be on in your Mumara's server. Sometimes it's DNS cache issue when you press the confirm button before the DNS is propagated for the tracking domain. So make sure you complete the tracking domain routing before pressing the confirm button. If it's cache issue, than it make take a couple of hours to get out of it. The best way is to send a small test campaign and see if the tracking works.

- Do i need any additional DNS settings or something else? ( click.sendingdomain.de as DNS setting)
Ans: The question is incomplete. For what? You need DNS settings for CNAME. But for htaccess and cloak method, you need to host the tracking domain somewhere with the .htaccess or index.php file respectively in it.
 

mube_2020

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@mube_2020

- When i use "cloak" fo sending domain, can i set the primary domain as the application URL of mumara and it will be hidden with the sending domain?
Ans: Yes you can set the primary domain to the application URL. Cloaking doesn't expose your Mumara server URL. But again you should know that there are more tricks to find out the origin of the email.
Respond: When the normal checks of spamhaus and Cyren dont find the origin to block it i am fine with that.

- Is it a problem when Plesk is installed at the sending Domain? I followed your instructions but the cloak confirmation failed. (Uploaded index.php and allow_url_fopen is on)
Ans: allow_url_fopen should be on in your Mumara's server. Sometimes it's DNS cache issue when you press the confirm button before the DNS is propagated for the tracking domain. So make sure you complete the tracking domain routing before pressing the confirm button. If it's cache issue, than it make take a couple of hours to get out of it. The best way is to send a small test campaign and see if the tracking works.

- Do i need any additional DNS settings or something else? ( click.sendingdomain.de as DNS setting)
Ans: The question is incomplete. For what? You need DNS settings for CNAME. But for htaccess and cloak method, you need to host the tracking domain somewhere with the .htaccess or index.php file respectively in it.
Respond: Just to clearify. The php file for cloak must be uploaded to the sending domain not to mumara?
 
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mube_2020

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- Just to clearify. The php file for cloak must be uploaded to the sending domain not to mumara?
 
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wasif

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Yes, we also have it written on the Sending Domain page where you select the "cloak" bullet. e.g. if your tracking domain is track.mysendingdomain.com then the PHP cloak file (default: index.php) should be placed at track.mysendingdomain.com/index.php.
 

mube_2020

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Hi Wasif,
thanks for your help. I am still facing some issues. Maybe you have an idea.

Header
Received: from news2020.de ([62.75.242.81]) by mx-ha.web.de (mxweb113
[212.227.17.8]) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id 1MyKso-1lWKCN1xnQ-00yiTa for
<[email protected]>; Sat, 22 May 2021 23:04:03 +0200
Received: from [127.0.0.1] (newslettr.de [62.75.146.217])

- This may indicate you do not have a rDNS configured for your hostname or the rDNS does not match your sending IP (mail-tester.com)

I can see the aplication URL in the header infos (newslettr.de). This should be hidden.
 

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wasif

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This may indicate you do not have a rDNS configured for your hostname or the rDNS does not match your sending IP (mail-tester.com)

I made a reverse lookup for this IP 62.75.146.217 and it resolves to newslettr.de and and then I fetched the A record behind newslettr.de which resolves to 62.75.146.217. It means the reverse DNS is forward confirmed. You didn't attach the snapshot of mail-tester though.

Header
Received: from news2020.de ([62.75.242.81]) by mx-ha.web.de (mxweb113
[212.227.17.8]) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id 1MyKso-1lWKCN1xnQ-00yiTa for
<[email protected]>; Sat, 22 May 2021 23:04:03 +0200
Received: from [127.0.0.1] (newslettr.de [62.75.146.217])

I can see the aplication URL in the header infos (newslettr.de). This should be hidden.

These are the stamps being embedded by your MTA. Mumara doesn't send the footprints in the headers. You need to find this option to remove Received headers in your MTA settings/config.
 

mube_2020

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Hi Wasif,

i managed the issues but still have one problem:

JH_SPAMMY_HEADERS


Do you have an idea where the problem is?
 

wasif

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In no way I am able to reproduce these headers. Paste here your full headers so I can study them more!
 

mube_2020

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Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from news2020.de ([62.75.242.81]) by mx-ha.web.de (mxweb012
[212.227.15.17]) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id 1N0H1X-1lSLZQ3Da3-00xDCM for
<[email protected]>; Fri, 28 May 2021 14:29:03 +0200
Received: from [127.0.0.1] (mail.newslettr.de [62.75.146.217])
by news2020.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3326A80D91
for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 May 2021 12:29:03 +0000 (UTC)
Received-SPF: pass (news2020.de: connection is authenticated)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256;
bh=VkoubNT1R670+V8uqr4NJEwyI4EZ2pOpC/k8vDlttJ0=; d=news2020.de; h=Message-ID:
Date: Subject: From: Reply-To: To: MIME-Version: Content-Type:
List-Unsubscribe; [email protected]; s=key; t=1622204943;
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Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 12:29:03 +0000
Subject: test only
From: NEWS2021 <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="_=_swift_1622204943_b34cabeedeb0c8bd9fac7cb1159f9acc_=_"
tracking-code: 4-31-3-1-1
logid: 45
List-Unsubscribe:
<https://click.news2020.de/campaign/unsub-email/MzE=/NA==/MQ==__NDU=__Mw==>
Envelope-To: <[email protected]>
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mube_2020

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Hi Wasif,

do you have an idea about this mail-tester feeback:


-3.499JH_SPAMMY_HEADERSHas unusual message header(s) seen primarily in spam
 

wasif

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@mube_2020 this issue has been fixed in v5.1.30 that is about to launch.