Re: AOL returning emails

On 10 Oct 2005 Mark <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx$.com.invalid> wrote:
> A reply to a genuine email AOL address has just been returned to me:
>
> *****@aol.com
> SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection:
> host mailin-04.mx.aol.com [205.188.159.217]: 554- (RTR:BB) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/554rtrbb.html
> 554- AOL does not accept e-mail transactions from dynamic or residential
> 554- IP addresses.
>
> What on Earth is this all about? Surely not because I'm using an ADSL
> router - I'm not doing anything else the least bit unusual...

Are you using an SMTP sever to send email directly to the recipient, or using
your ISP's sever? If its the former, the dunderheads at AOL are rejecting it
as not being recognised email sever. Its a lame attempt to stop the many
spambots and viruses use their own SMTP sever to send out crap, and as usual
it only inconveniences legitmate users.

---druck

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