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Re: AOL and mail-accepting rules


From: Jim Popovitch <jimpop () yahoo com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:56:21 -0400


I've seen where AOL recently (past 2 weeks) will temporarily suspend
accepting bulk (mailinglists) email for up to 3 hours due to suspected
spam, even from whitelisted IPs.  All queued email eventually flows,
presumably after being verified by humans.  No related SCOMP/TOS
notifications are ever returned indicating that all recipients liked
what they got.

-Jim P. 

On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 08:39 -0700, Eric Louie wrote:
I have a client who is experiencing problems with sending mail to AOL.
I am not resposible for their email service (yet) but I'd like to know
if AOL has changed their policy on anti-spam / mail receipt for their
customers (RBL, SORBS, rDNS validation), or if there's a real problem
with AOL inbound mail for the past 2-3 days.
 
thanks
-e-


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