From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 25 11:28:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A8037B401 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:28:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blue.centerone.com (blue.centerone.com [204.133.183.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4112B43E86 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:28:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rf-list@centerone.com) Received: from localhost (rf-list@localhost) by blue.centerone.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA20452; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:41:48 -0600 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:41:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Ralph Forsythe To: Eric_Stanfield@kenokozie.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aol postmaster In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hrm... Are you 100% sure it's an official AOL email and not a clever forgery? The idea of AOL testing servers to cut down on SPAM is rather amusing to me. I always thought that unless an AOL account was used for mass emailings, they took a hands-off approach to the issue. SPAM detection is better left to things like spamassassin anyway. Other than emailing abuse@aol.com, or getting ahold of anyone with half a clue about this on their customer service line, I don't think they publish any numbers for what you're after. -rf On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 Eric_Stanfield@kenokozie.com wrote: > Has anyone ever been able to work through the trenches of AOL and actually > speak to anyone in their spam/email abuse department? I keep getting > notices from AOL that they are auto-testing my mail server, that it is an > open relay, and that they will blacklist my ip until it is fixed. > > Needless to say, the server is not an open relay and I can manually mimic > the same smtp session their auto-tester is reporting that it uses as the > test, and the result is very clear: Relaying Not Allowed. Why their > testing script doesn't see this is beyond me. > > Obviously getting your mail hosting server blacklisted by AOL makes for > some unhappy clients since they can't email anyone @aol.com. If anyone > knows of a phone number/email address other than the ones they list on > their website I would appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Eric Stanfield, K2Access > Keno Kozie Associates > 222 N LaSalle #1500 > Chicago, IL 60606 > (312) 332-3000 > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message