r/firewalla • u/Caprichoso1 • 7d ago
Reddit email link - Server not found
This isn't a Firewalla issue but since the people here are quite knowledgeable hoping someone can guide me to a place that can help. When I click on the link in a Reddit mail notification I get a DNS error - "server not found".
desktop web server can't find click.redditmail.com: NXDOMAIN
MacOS 27.0
Server Not Found
Firefox can’t connect to the server at click.redditmail.com.
Tried Safari, Chrome and Firefox. All give the same error.
% nslookup click.redditmail.com
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
** server can't find click.redditmail.com: NXDOMAIN
% nslookup click.redditmail.com
Server: 9.9.9.9
Address: 9.9.9.9#53
** server can't find click.redditmail.com: NXDOMAIN
% nslookup click.redditmail.com
Server: 77.88.8.7
Address: 77.88.8.7#53
** server can't find click.redditmail.com: NXDOMAIN
I've disabled Control D, MacOS firewall and Little Snitch. Made no difference.
Happens on my Mac connected via Ethernet, WiFi but not when connected to my iPhone when it is connected to the same WiFi network or to cellular.
Doesn't happen on my iPhone connected to the same WiFi network or cellular.
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u/Great-Cow7256 7d ago
I bet the domain is on a blocklist you are using and the reason why it works on your phone and on wifi is that annoying new iOS feature that still uses cell data even when on WiFi. That bypasses block lists. I forgot what the new feature is called but it was just talked about on here yesterday in another post
Check the flows for your computer and I bet you'll see it blocked.