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{
  "request": "Triage Jira ticket SREIN-1651: BMO is on block list for Outlook and Hotmail email servers",
  "references": [
    "https://mozilla-hub.atlassian.net/browse/SREIN-1651"
  ],
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    "issue": "SREIN-1651"
  }
}

summary

SREIN-1651 reports that Bugzilla (BMO) outbound mail is being blocked by Microsoft's Outlook/Hotmail mail filtering, causing notification emails to bounce for many users on those domains. The BMO admin can manually reactivate affected accounts but they get blocked again shortly after, indicating a recurring/ongoing sender reputation or IP blocklisting issue with Microsoft's mail infrastructure (error code S3150), not a one-off incident. No comments or linked runbook/design doc exist on the ticket yet, and it is still sitting in Backlog with no owner assigned.

findings

• Root cause is Microsoft-side blocklisting of the sending IP/network, not a BMO application bug.
• This is a recurring problem, not isolated bounces — accounts get reblocked shortly after manual reactivation, suggesting the underlying sending reputation/IP is still flagged by Microsoft.
• Ticket lacks technical context needed for CloudOps to act: no confirmation of which mail relay/IP(s) BMO uses to send notification email, no SPF/DKIM/DMARC status, and no delisting request submitted to Microsoft yet.
• No comments, watchers, or linked runbook/Confluence doc exist on the ticket; it remains unassigned in Backlog status despite user-facing impact (BMO users not receiving bug notification emails).

proposed actions

Thanks for the report. This looks like Microsoft is blocklisting the IP/network BMO uses to send outbound mail (bounce code S3150, likely tied to sender reputation on Microsoft's side rather than a BMO configuration bug). To move this forward, CloudOps needs a few things:

1. Confirm which SMTP relay/IP(s) BMO's mail (Bugzilla notification email) egresses from (e.g., is it going through AWS SES, a Postfix relay, etc.) — the bounce shows source IP 54.240.58.224.
2. Check current SPF/DKIM/DMARC alignment for the sending domain to rule out authentication issues that make Microsoft's filters more aggressive.
3. Submit a delisting/mitigation request via Microsoft's Sender Support/SNDS portal (https://sendersupport.olc.protection.outlook.com/pm/) referencing the S3150 error and the offending IP — this is generally the fastest path to resolving Microsoft-specific blocklisting, faster than repeated manual account reactivation.
4. If the sending IP is shared (e.g., shared SES pool), consider moving to a dedicated IP with warmed-up reputation to prevent recurrence.

Can someone from CloudOps confirm the sending infrastructure/IP(s) and file the Microsoft delisting request? Recommend prioritizing this out of Backlog given ongoing user impact (BMO users on Outlook/Hotmail not receiving notifications).

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      "summary": "BMO is on block list for Outlook and Hotmail email servers",
      "status": "Backlog",
      "description_text": "I, as a BMO admin, am getting a lot of emails requesting email be turned back on for their accounts. These accounts are limited so far to mainly Outlook and Hotmail services (Microsoft). One example error message users are getting is: Your mail server said: (failed) smtp; 550 5.7.1 Unfortunately, messages from [54.240.58.224] weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list (S3150). You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors. [Name=Protocol Filter Agent][AGT=PFA][MxId=11BDDB830570B9AC] [DS2PEPF00003445.namprd04.prod.outlook.com 2026-08-02T14:29:46.950Z 08DEEDC185EF4DD6]  I am not who to contact on their end to resolve this issue so need some assistance with this from CloupOps. I can manually reactivate but then it goes blocked again soon after. Thansks",
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