Re: FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail

date posted 9th January 2004 15:45

A) AOL (home of so many spammers) doesn't accept mail from an SMTP server
whose reverse lookup address in DNS doesn't match the mail domain/mail
server address/MX record. So if the client is sending from his own SMTP
server he needs to forward/relay via the ISP in order to send to AOL (if
necessary set up a second virtual SMTP server/connector just for AOL.

B) Don't deal with people who use AOL...or at least try to educate them

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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and Trivia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Beckett" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:42 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail


>
> Hi
>
> Just had an email from a client who says his email is being rejected
> with the following error:
>
> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
> recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
>
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
> SMTP error from remote mailer after end of data:
> host mailin-01.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.89]: 554 TRANSACTION FAILED:
> (FSV:B2) This email has not been delivered due to an incorrect
> mail
> server setting in your email software.
>
> Obviously the recipients_address bit is my doing to hide the email
> address, but what setting could be wrong, and is it the recipients end
> or my clients? He's using outlook 2000, with norton internet security
> suite or whatever its called.
>
> TIA and hope you all had a good xmas and new year...
>
> Michael Beckett
> Denial Design
> http://www.denialdesign.com
>
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