Re: AOL returning emails

In message <9f11d3b74d.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
druck <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>

Hi druck

Thanks for not picking on me - should have said, three Acorns on
network; MPro, POPstar, etc :-)

Yes to SMTP.

I've never previously had the problems with AOL others have reported -
the only revent change has been to an ADSL router, which presumably is
dynamic, from a static IP using DialUp.

If that's really the cause, an aweful lot of people are going to be a
bit annoyed with them...

Cheers, and thanks all

--
Mark J
Poppyland.plus.com, not plu$.com.invalid, for private replies
www.poppy-land.co.uk
.

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