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Re: Are AOL's MXs mass rejecting anyone else's emails?
From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor () inoc net>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:12:22 -0400
Peter Galbavy wrote:
Where does the 400lb gorilla lie down ? Whereever it likes.AOL does pretty much anything it wants to. If they start 500'ing your mail, it becomes your problem. Unless you have a large budget and a good legal team.
I'm not calling them out on it, I'm just stating that rejecting mail with a 500 series error due to a PTR record not being looked up will cause more problems and benefit. Temporary DNS errors do occur so slapping mail with a 500 could and will reject legit mail. Of course, AOL can do whatever they please....
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