And have you visited http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq?



Sam Hobbs wrote:

> When sending email using Windows Mail with Vista, I am getting the error:
>
> An unknown error has occurred. Subject 't', Account: 'Verizon MyAccount',
> Server: 'outgoing.verizon.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550
> 5.7.1
> The message you attempted to send was determined to be spam. Please visit
> http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq for more information.', Port: 25,
> Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69
>
> I am getting that from two new Verizon accounts but I don't get an error
> when I send using non-Verizon accounts. The accounts were created
> yesterday
> and today and this is the first time I tried to use the accounts to send
> email.
>
> The messages are very simple; they are just test messages. I use "t" for
> the
> subject and I put nothing in the body. When I send email using other
> accounts, it goes through with no problem and when I receive (I am sending
> email to myself for testing purposes) the messages there is no evidence of
> the message being spam; that is, there is nothing in the message that
> should
> not be.
>
> I assume that the problem is in the Verizon email server or somewhere such
> as that but Verizon insists that it is not their problem. Does anyone have
> a
> clue as to whether it is or is not likely to be a server problem?

I had a similar problem after changing my antivirus from Norton to a freebie
- PC Tools Antivirus. It apparently does not automatically recognize POP3
accounts in the Ports to be scanned and this caused my email send receive to
stop functioning (in fact it also caused my emails to report out as SPAM to
my provider). I went into the email scan settings, clicked on the port
settings under advanced and clicked yes to scan the POP3 for the subject port
and everything started working fine after that. Don't know if this will help
you but it worked for me......best of luck

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> And have you visited http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq?
>
> Sam Hobbs wrote:

> > When sending email using Windows Mail with Vista, I am getting the error:
> >
> > An unknown error has occurred. Subject 't', Account: 'Verizon MyAccount',
> > Server: 'outgoing.verizon.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550
> > 5.7.1
> > The message you attempted to send was determined to be spam. Please visit
> > http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq for more information.', Port: 25,
> > Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69
> >
> > I am getting that from two new Verizon accounts but I don't get an error
> > when I send using non-Verizon accounts. The accounts were created
> > yesterday
> > and today and this is the first time I tried to use the accounts to send
> > email.
> >
> > The messages are very simple; they are just test messages. I use "t" for
> > the
> > subject and I put nothing in the body. When I send email using other
> > accounts, it goes through with no problem and when I receive (I am sending
> > email to myself for testing purposes) the messages there is no evidence of
> > the message being spam; that is, there is nothing in the message that
> > should
> > not be.
> >
> > I assume that the problem is in the Verizon email server or somewhere such
> > as that but Verizon insists that it is not their problem. Does anyone have
> > a
> > clue as to whether it is or is not likely to be a server problem?

>
>

Except that the OP's ISP is doing the filtering here, Al.

Al in Philadelphia wrote:

> I had a similar problem after changing my antivirus from Norton to a
> freebie
> - PC Tools Antivirus. It apparently does not automatically recognize POP3
> accounts in the Ports to be scanned and this caused my email send receive
> to
> stop functioning (in fact it also caused my emails to report out as SPAM
> to
> my provider). I went into the email scan settings, clicked on the port
> settings under advanced and clicked yes to scan the POP3 for the subject
> port and everything started working fine after that. Don't know if this
> will help you but it worked for me......best of luck
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>

>> And have you visited http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq?
>>
>> Sam Hobbs wrote:

>>> When sending email using Windows Mail with Vista, I am getting the
>>> error:
>>>
>>> An unknown error has occurred. Subject 't', Account: 'Verizon
>>> MyAccount',
>>> Server: 'outgoing.verizon.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550
>>> 5.7.1
>>> The message you attempted to send was determined to be spam. Please
>>> visit
>>> http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq for more information.', Port: 25,
>>> Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69
>>>
>>> I am getting that from two new Verizon accounts but I don't get an error
>>> when I send using non-Verizon accounts. The accounts were created
>>> yesterday
>>> and today and this is the first time I tried to use the accounts to send
>>> email.
>>>
>>> The messages are very simple; they are just test messages. I use "t" for
>>> the
>>> subject and I put nothing in the body. When I send email using other
>>> accounts, it goes through with no problem and when I receive (I am
>>> sending
>>> email to myself for testing purposes) the messages there is no evidence
>>> of
>>> the message being spam; that is, there is nothing in the message that
>>> should
>>> not be.
>>>
>>> I assume that the problem is in the Verizon email server or somewhere
>>> such
>>> as that but Verizon insists that it is not their problem. Does anyone
>>> have
>>> a
>>> clue as to whether it is or is not likely to be a server problem?

For a free antivirus you can't beat AVG or Avast for Windows compatibility.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Al in Philadelphia" <AlinPhiladelphia@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:AC6045B8-D041-47A6-8B42-5E9CCCF272DB@xxxxxx

>I had a similar problem after changing my antivirus from Norton to a freebie
> - PC Tools Antivirus. It apparently does not automatically recognize POP3
> accounts in the Ports to be scanned and this caused my email send receive to
> stop functioning (in fact it also caused my emails to report out as SPAM to
> my provider). I went into the email scan settings, clicked on the port
> settings under advanced and clicked yes to scan the POP3 for the subject port
> and everything started working fine after that. Don't know if this will help
> you but it worked for me......best of luck
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>

>> And have you visited http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq?
>>
>> Sam Hobbs wrote:

>> > When sending email using Windows Mail with Vista, I am getting the error:
>> >
>> > An unknown error has occurred. Subject 't', Account: 'Verizon MyAccount',
>> > Server: 'outgoing.verizon.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550
>> > 5.7.1
>> > The message you attempted to send was determined to be spam. Please visit
>> > http://www.verizon.net/spamfaq for more information.', Port: 25,
>> > Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69
>> >
>> > I am getting that from two new Verizon accounts but I don't get an error
>> > when I send using non-Verizon accounts. The accounts were created
>> > yesterday
>> > and today and this is the first time I tried to use the accounts to send
>> > email.
>> >
>> > The messages are very simple; they are just test messages. I use "t" for
>> > the
>> > subject and I put nothing in the body. When I send email using other
>> > accounts, it goes through with no problem and when I receive (I am sending
>> > email to myself for testing purposes) the messages there is no evidence of
>> > the message being spam; that is, there is nothing in the message that
>> > should
>> > not be.
>> >
>> > I assume that the problem is in the Verizon email server or somewhere such
>> > as that but Verizon insists that it is not their problem. Does anyone have
>> > a
>> > clue as to whether it is or is not likely to be a server problem?

>>
>>

This is happening to me as a Verizon customer and they are putting me
time consumer frustration. I can't email due the Verizon's system which
labeled me a spammer. I spent much time with their tech help and had to
fill out a whitelist form. It's been days and still waiting but still
can't email. Verizon uses a poor system to mark users as spammers. The
emails are not checked and you are not called or emailed before you are
locked out. Once locked out it takes time to resolve with no guarantee
it will be resolved.


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It's always a good thing to have an alternate SMTP server
available in case there is a problem with your ISP's server.
You can get a free POP/IMAP/SMTP account from AOL or Gmail.

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>
> This is happening to me as a Verizon customer and they are putting me
> time consumer frustration. I can't email due the Verizon's system which
> labeled me a spammer. I spent much time with their tech help and had to
> fill out a whitelist form. It's been days and still waiting but still
> can't email. Verizon uses a poor system to mark users as spammers. The
> emails are not checked and you are not called or emailed before you are
> locked out. Once locked out it takes time to resolve with no guarantee
> it will be resolved.
>
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"stan5409" <stan5409.3nrwfd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> This is happening to me as a Verizon customer and they are putting me
> time consumer frustration. I can't email due the Verizon's system which
> labeled me a spammer. I spent much time with their tech help and had to
> fill out a whitelist form. It's been days and still waiting but still
> can't email. Verizon uses a poor system to mark users as spammers. The
> emails are not checked and you are not called or emailed before you are
> locked out. Once locked out it takes time to resolve with no guarantee
> it will be resolved.

Yep, that's the way it is. This is a constant concern for me.

I've set off a few corporate spam filters myself, though in my case, the
recipients are pretty high up the corporate food chain (these are large
concerns) and the IT guys fix the blacklisting _right away_. However,
once, the ISP itself got on a blacklist and I had to find alternate routes
till they fixed their problems and paid the fees to get off the blacklist.

No, you often aren't notified.

If you are going to be sending mail that can be interpreted as SPAM, you
need to have an alternate method of sending your mail. Perhaps several.
This will help you avoid blacklist at the *receiving* end, as well.

I can suggest gmail accounts. Whatever you use, you set it up so that the
reply-to address is the address you want.

HTH
-pk

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>
> "stan5409" <stan5409.3nrwfd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:stan5409.3nrwfd@xxxxxx

>>

[snip]

>
> I've set off a few corporate spam filters myself, though in my case, the
> recipients are pretty high up the corporate food chain (these are large
> concerns) and the IT guys fix the blacklisting _right away_. However,
> once, the ISP itself got on a blacklist and I had to find alternate routes
> till they fixed their problems and paid the fees to get off the blacklist.
>
> HTH
> -pk
>

Today, I found a database that's used for some automatic spam
filters that block email from an entire company or ISP at a time.

http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/

To use it, enter the domain for the ISP or company you want to check
in the Lookup box, then press your Enter key. If it find any current
entries for that domain, ask the higher-ups to tell the IT guys to get
the domain off that list in case you ever need to send email to someone
who uses one of those automatic spam filters. For a large ISP, don't
expect anyone in the lower levels of their email help group to know
anything about such a listing - expect to have to go at least one
level of supervisors before you reach anyone who understands the
problem.

Apparantly, getting on their lists does not require that any spam actually
be sent - only that they find a domain with an email server that
doesn't fit their ideas of how an email server should behave.

I've seen no sign that getting off their lists requires any payment -
just some work on the email server including blocking email from
anyone who actually sent spam, then asking them to check again.

Robert Miles

<robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>> "stan5409" <stan5409.3nrwfd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:stan5409.3nrwfd@xxxxxx

>>>

> [snip]

>>
>> I've set off a few corporate spam filters myself, though in my case, the
>> recipients are pretty high up the corporate food chain (these are large
>> concerns) and the IT guys fix the blacklisting _right away_. However,
>> once, the ISP itself got on a blacklist and I had to find alternate
>> routes till they fixed their problems and paid the fees to get off the
>> blacklist.
>>
>> HTH
>> -pk
>>

> Today, I found a database that's used for some automatic spam
> filters that block email from an entire company or ISP at a time.
>
> http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/

There are others, subscribed to by mail adminstrators. One of my ISPs got
on one, and this was a problem.

> To use it, enter the domain for the ISP or company you want to check
> in the Lookup box, then press your Enter key. If it find any current
> entries for that domain, ask the higher-ups to tell the IT guys to get
> the domain off that list in case you ever need to send email to someone
> who uses one of those automatic spam filters. For a large ISP, don't
> expect anyone in the lower levels of their email help group to know
> anything about such a listing - expect to have to go at least one
> level of supervisors before you reach anyone who understands the
> problem.
>
> Apparantly, getting on their lists does not require that any spam actually
> be sent - only that they find a domain with an email server that
> doesn't fit their ideas of how an email server should behave.

Yes, because their ideas include practices that prevent spammers from using
the mail server.

> I've seen no sign that getting off their lists requires any payment -
> just some work on the email server including blocking email from
> anyone who actually sent spam, then asking them to check again.

Payment is sometimes needed to expedite de-listing, but you still have to
show that you've fixed the problems. The blacklist service that I brushed
by, whose name I can't remember (I"d have to go back to the office to
check), I think ran on this model.

-pk

>
> Robert Miles

I am using Avast and it is working great.

> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:epUE4bhjJHA.500@xxxxxx
> For a free antivirus you can't beat AVG or Avast for Windows
> compatibility.