u/letgomylego

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Google SMTP servers sending from new IP range

This may not affect many people, but we have an on-site mail archive server that we have Google forward all incoming and outgoing mail to in order to preserve the mail records. To restrict external access we limited SMTP access to the Google IP ranges for their SMTP servers. This has worked for years, when suddenly a couple weeks ago we started getting smart host failure message from Google about undeliverable mail. After going back and forth with support I confirmed the supposed full list of IP ranges they are using for SMTP for Google Workspace at least. This is what I was given:

35.190.247.0/24
64.233.160.0/19
66.102.0.0/20
66.249.80.0/20
72.14.192.0/18
74.125.0.0/16
108.177.8.0/21
108.177.96.0/19
142.250.0.0/15
142.251.0.0/16
172.217.0.0/19
172.253.0.0/16
173.194.0.0/16
209.85.128.0/17
216.239.32.0/19
216.58.192.0/19

There was one IP range on that list that I did not have, so I though that would resolve the issue. When it didn't, I changed our setup to allow all external access over SMTP and then set our mail server with the same IP ACL list. The mail server will log a denied connection in the syslog when any IP outside those ranges attempts to connect. Sure-enough, Google was using a new IP range to send SMTP messages to our server:

108.177.16.xxx

If you run into a similar situation this might be helpful to you. If you're comfortable with it, it appears Google owns the entire 108.177.0.0/17 range if you trust adding that to any ACL.

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u/letgomylego — 9 days ago

Neighbor wanted a Jeep-themed nightstand for their son's new room. She showed me a no longer available one from Pottery Barn she wanted replicated:

https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/truck-nightstand/

I told her I could do better than oak veneered MDF. I built mine from Beech and Walnut with a Fiddes hard wax oil finish.

I ended-up attaching the drawer front trim pieces with threaded inserts so I could finish everything easier before assembly. This project also gave me an excuse to partially justify having the X-Carve Pro sitting in the garage. I used it to cut the grill, wheels, and headlight pull pieces as well as a template for the sides.

u/letgomylego — 6 months ago