[NTLUG:Discuss] Austin SWBell smtp relay issues (not really a linux topic but... )

[Fred James]

A generalized version goes like this:
(1) No mater how the list to be blocked came into being, AOL is doing 
the blocking, right?
(2) Whoever is doing the blocking will not (normally) unblock at the 
behest of the customers of another vendor (i.e., the sender(s) of the 
blocked email - spam or not).
(3) If AOL is blocking, it will (normally) take requests from AOL 
customers to get AOL to stop blocking.
... many variables possible, but that's the gist (I believe).


jeremyb at univista.com wrote:

> Hey folks,  have any of you had issues with blocked/returned AOL.com 
> destined email sent from smtp servers on SWBell DSL lines?
>
>   I know this isn't exactly a Linux topic,  but I figured some of you 
> may have been affected by this.
>  I have two Austin clients that can't send any email to AOL email 
> addresses...   that's a real problem when half the
>  country seems to use AOL.
>
>   ...anyhow,  after doing the usual he-said-she-said song-and-dance 
> with SWBell, ASI and AOL I discovered that
> SWBell sent a list of 500 or so "suspicious" IPs to AOL.  Suspicious 
> meaning smtp relaying problems were "known" to exist on these 
> servers.  Well,  my clients don't relay mail and haven't been sending 
> spam. According to AOL, the heart of the matter is that SWBell 
> actually has the smtp relaying problems on their own server.  ...not 
> the necessarily 500 or so customers they
>
> Pimped out to AOL....   What? ...Huh?  ..when does this start to make 
> sense?  Now I've got clients that can't communicate with their 
> clients... and a bunch of multinational conglomerates pointing their 
> slimy Draconian fingers at each other.    I hate this part of the job.
>
>  
>     Is Anyone else experiencing this crapola?
>
> Jeremy Brooks
> Univista
> office: 512-832-6209
>

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