AOL E.mail issues..
Is anyone experiencing E.mail weirdness, specifically bounces from AOL today at all? I have spoken to a number of others from various parts of CONUS, who seem to have a similar issue.. Regards.
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Robert Mathews wrote:
Is anyone experiencing E.mail weirdness, specifically bounces from AOL today at all? I have spoken to a number of others from various parts of CONUS, who seem to have a similar issue..
----- Transcript of session follows ----- .. while talking to mailin-03.mx.aol.com.:
DATA <<< 500 SYNTAX ERROR, COMMAND UNRECOGNIZED 554 5.5.0 Remote protocol error
That one? Yeah, what did AOL change? --matthew
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 10:53:39AM -0700, matthew wrote:
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Robert Mathews wrote:
Is anyone experiencing E.mail weirdness, specifically bounces from AOL today at all? I have spoken to a number of others from various parts of CONUS, who seem to have a similar issue..
----- Transcript of session follows ----- .. while talking to mailin-03.mx.aol.com.:
DATA <<< 500 SYNTAX ERROR, COMMAND UNRECOGNIZED
I spoke to AOL's main anti-spam guy about this a few weeks back, and he said (hope he doesn't mind my quoting this here): This is, in fact, a block of suspected spam; the code will be changed shortly to be more descriptive. I have noticed this error with some apparently non-bulk and legitimate mail recently. AOL's postmaster team has gotten a lot more responsive recently, so forwarding a copy of the message that bounced to postmaster@ and / or calling the number at http://postmaster.info.aol.com/ would probably be good steps to take if you haven't already done so. -- "Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..." (Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock")
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Will Yardley wrote:
I have noticed this error with some apparently non-bulk and legitimate mail recently.
AOL's postmaster team has gotten a lot more responsive recently, so forwarding a copy of the message that bounced to postmaster@ and / or calling the number at http://postmaster.info.aol.com/ would probably be good steps to take if you haven't already done so.
Hello Will: Part of the problem is that E.MAIL sent to AOL postmaster bounces as well. Calling the postmaster's desk involves being on the phone for a fairly long time. I have been on the phone for the past 20 minutes on this matter with no resolve yet, as I type this. [hold... speaking with postmaster desk personnel] Ah.. I present the following information for the benefit of those who are experiencing a similar situation. If you see "RLY:B1" in your E.mail transaction report (header) as seen immediately below Recipient address: REMOVED@aol.com Reason: Rejection greeting returned by server. Diagnostic code: smtp;554-(RLY:B1) The information presently available ^^^^^^^^ to AOL indicates this s m h e p Remote system: dns;mailin-04.mx.aol.com (TCP|128.171.94.83|46189|64.12.136.153|25) ([RLY:B1] The information presently available to AOL indicates this) this means AOL has placed a 'dynamic block' on 'a' specific IP within your assigned space, or that a block has been placed on your entire assigned IP space. As we dialogued to resolve our issue, it was made known to me that parties like us in Hawai'i -- in this case the University of Indiana, were experiencing similar problems at present. I requested AOL to provide us a 'reasoning' for the placement of this present day 'block', and further requested that they inform us of any future decisions to place blocks on a part or parcel of our class B. This, such that any 'reason' (present or future) that forms the foundation for AOL's decisioning to place blocks - can be properly and expediently reviewed, and resolved to mutual satisfaction. There was not any evidence available to the AOL Postmaster desk with whom I had conversations, which would have given us all -- an understanding to 'why' a present day block exists. All the best, Robert. -------
At 7:30 AM -1000 10/18/03, Robert Mathews wrote:
Is anyone experiencing E.mail weirdness, specifically bounces from AOL today at all? I have spoken to a number of others from various parts of CONUS, who seem to have a similar issue..
I've been seeing it from them, but also from non-AOL sources. They appear to be virus bounces with a French-language message in the headers.Not speaking French, I don't remember the exact phrase and unfortunately just purged my email trash, but the phrase had DENOYE in it. All of these bounces, when viewed, contained the continuing Microsoft "update mail".
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