> > > > What AOL should do is (if they really want to prevent spam) > to go out > > to > the > > mailserver that makes the connection and see if they can relay to > > themselves, if they can then block it, if not let the mail > go through. > > They use Reverse DNS Lookup just like the rest of us that run > legal servers. >
And yet I do bounce. I do have an MX record on my mail server but for a SUBdomain of my own not on the main domain (out of the simple reason that the thing is called differently) yet I had it in the past as well that when I tried to email to AOL it bounces back. AOL is NOT doing a reverse lookup all they are doing is seeing that the IP address belongs to an upstream provider and is not part of their "declared" mail servers and drops the message. > If your mail is bouncing, it's does not meet the criteria for > AOL and any other properly setup Email Server. I call BS here, I work with a couple of people who configure Mailserver for a living at a pretty busy website and those servers use RBLs as well as internal spam filter and the aforementioned open relay test and none of my messages ever bounced back, in fact it is only AOL who blacklists entire IP blocks. M. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
