[73071] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Are AOL's MXs mass rejecting anyone else's emails?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rwcrowe@comcast.net)
Wed Aug 11 14:33:42 2004
From: rwcrowe@comcast.net
To: <andrew@ishiboo.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Cc: "Andrew Paprocki" <andrew@ishiboo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:32:59 +0000
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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Just a suggestion, but make sure that your mail servers have the correct reverse DNS. AOL has been rejecting mail for any mail servers that have incorrect or no reverse DNS entries.
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Rob Crowe
rwcrowe@comcast.net
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> We're currently getting this from AOL MX servers:
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> 64.12.138.57 failed after I sent the message.
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> Remote host said: 554-: (RLY:FA) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/554r
> lyfa.html
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> 554 TRANSACTION FAILED
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> Yet, after viewing their alleged reason for rejecting the mail, we can find
> nothing wrong with our mail headers. Wondering if this is a bug on AOL's s
> ide or if anyone else has encountered/fixed this issue to stop the bouncing
> mail?
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> -Andrew
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Just a suggestion, but make sure that your mail servers have the correct reverse DNS. AOL has been rejecting mail for any mail servers that have incorrect or no reverse DNS entries.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Rob Crowe <BR>rwcrowe@comcast.net</DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> <BR>> We're currently getting this from AOL MX servers: <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 64.12.138.57 failed after I sent the message. <BR>> <BR>> Remote host said: 554-: (RLY:FA) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/554r <BR>> lyfa.html <BR>> <BR>> 554 TRANSACTION FAILED <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Yet, after viewing their alleged reason for rejecting the mail, we can find <BR>> nothing wrong with our mail headers. Wondering if this is a bug on AOL's s <BR>> ide or if anyone else has encountered/fixed this issue to stop the bouncing <BR>> mail? <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -Andrew </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>
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