[TriLUG] AOL's new email policy

Joseph Tate jtate at dragonstrider.com
Sat Mar 29 11:32:01 EST 2003


Probably nothing.  That's what I ended up doing.  Turns out that 
compuserv does the IP blocking too:

    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mx1.compuserve.com.:
 >>>>>> MAIL From:<jtate at dragonstrider.com>
<<< 550 5.7.1 IP address denied-3
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

Joseph


Corey Mutter wrote:
> Just curious, what's wrong with just using smtp-server.nc.rr.com as your
> smarthost? (This message brought to you with such a setup). This way, all of
> your outbound mail goes through their server, and you needn't worry about 
> being on the DUL. (You also needn't worry about how to route mail to anywhere
> but Roadrunner). I've not experienced any reliability problems with doing
> this, but my volume of email is pretty low, YMMV I suppose.
> 
> Corey




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