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RFC-Clueless ('abuse' and 'postmaster'). Reading over their site http://rfc-clueless.org/ again I see that there is the information to the policies for listing, but I just didn't happen to follow the correct series of links to get there.

It's really not very clear with that site, and ironic that a list apparently named after people who aren't compliant with docs has such poor presentation of information. The documentation is clear... eventually, if you pick the right path. I'll take this on the chin as my misreading, but unclear documentation isn't helpful (particularly if you're juggling a few other fires at the same time...)

Edit: Yes, I was correct. gmail does come with 'postmaster' and 'abuse' built in: https://support.google.com/a/answer/33389?hl=en

Edit 2: I forgot I removed the line where I mentioned that I thought postmaster was baked in :)

Edit 3: It looks like the domain I'm using with gmail has a screwed up abuse and postmaster. It's a domain alias, one of two. I made new mail groups for abuse/postmaster (the goog still monitors them, re: the link above) and noticed that only one domain alias was covered by them, when all other mail groups listed both. Sending test mails confirmed that setup. After a lengthy goog support chat, it seems that the way to fix it may be to remove and re-add the faulty domain alias.

I both love and hate these long chains of cause-and-effect that we get in IT...




Just because an RFC oversteps and starts mandating useless mailboxes to exist doesn't mean we should play along.




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