On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:24:46 +0100, Bob Lucas wrote:
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> This looks like a censorship attempt by AOL.
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Not. They are just protecting there users.
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> Rightly or wrongly, they may suspect you have been sending SPAM...
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It is not even possible to send SPAMŽ by any electronic medium:
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> ...(or have received complaints from AOL subscribers). Consequently, AOL
> may have blacklisted your IP address.
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If the OP is using a standard email service, his service's IP address is the
issue, not his.
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> For further info, try a Google search against AOL 4.4.7. Also, have a
> look at http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors .
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> Many ISPs allocate a different IP address, every time you reconnect to
> the internet. If your ISP uses dynamic IP allocation, you might have
> inherited a blacklisted address. If so, you try disconnecting - to
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That will be of no help, unless he has been running a mail server using an
"end-to-end" relay agent; in which case, he likely would know how to get
around the AOL block.
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> Alternatively, AOL may have blacklisted your ISPs outgoing mail server.
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Not "alternatively", most likely.
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Norman
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