Hello everyone, I've noticed some weird things going on with AOL's smtp servers today - 2003-10-12 12:37:48 1A8k8X-0002OC-0c Remote host mailin-04.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.89] closed connection in response to initial connection 2003-10-12 12:37:55 1A8k8X-0002OC-0c Remote host mailin-04.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.153] closed connection in response to initial connection 2003-10-12 12:38:35 1A8k8X-0002OC-0c Remote host mailin-04.mx.aol.com [152.163.224.122] closed connection in response to initial connection Have about 40 of these in my mail logs going to different AOL smtp servers. Trying to connect by hand using telnet results in the mail servers closing the connection right away without giving a reason. I did however, out of about 20 tests, got through once and actually got the server's welcome message. Any ideas? -------------------------- Brian Bruns The Summit Open Source Development Group Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources http://www.sosdg.org ICQ: 8077511