AOL users not recieving e-mails due to "Spam" policy. Help..

[0zone]

I keep getting back returned mail delivery from users registering with a @aol.com account. The message is as follows:

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

useremail@aol.com
SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection:
host mailin-02.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.121]: 550-(RLY:B1) The information presently available to AOL indicates this
550-server is generating high volumes of spam complaints from AOL's
550-member base. Based on AOL's Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at
550-http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL may not accept further
550-e-mail transactions from this server or domain. For more information,
550 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.

Is there a hack where I can prevent this from happening?

It's a real pain.

thanks.

[filburt1]

Contact AOL. There isn't jack you can do because, me being prepared right now to reflect all flames, AOL users are stupid and don't know the different between spam and an automailer that they intentionally triggered.

[Smoothie]

solution, ban the aol.com domain name.

[Erwin]

Today at 02:04 PM Smoothie said this in Post #3 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=417828#post417828)
solution, ban the aol.com domain name.

Wow... they are one of the biggest ISPs around though... I would try talking to AOL first...

[Smoothie]

almost 4100 members on my site, not one from aol.com. I ban hotmail and yahoo too. :)

[0zone]

Today at 05:13 AM Smoothie said this in Post #5 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=417836#post417836)
almost 4100 members on my site, not one from aol.com. I ban hotmail and yahoo too. :)


That might have something to do with your forums being Macintosh related, who knows.

All I know is that I can't afford to ban the AOL.com domain as there are just too many people on my forums who use it.

:)

I have e-mail AOHELL and am awaiting a response.

[Lesane]

I got the same, i receive alot of emails everyday from the aol postmaster with different errors, one of them is the same as above. So irritating!

[Lesane]

btw, this is probably usefull for you as well:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=402977#post402977

[mojobone]

aol rejects email header does not include a valid domain name, as it assumes it to be spam.

configure your smtp settings to use a valid domain or ip address which can be looked up, and it should work for aol and other providers which block blank/relay servers.

although you can use ANY valid address... such as www.microsoft.com .... it is ILLEGAL to send/relay mail using a domain which you do not own.

[Erwin]

aol rejects email header does not include a valid domain name, as it assumes it to be spam.

configure your smtp settings to use a valid domain or ip address which can be looked up, and it should work for aol and other providers which block blank/relay servers.

although you can use ANY valid address... such as www.microsoft.com .... it is ILLEGAL to send/relay mail using a domain which you do not own.
mojobone is right - I configured my exim to do this, and it works now.

[randyc]

i too have this problem, emails that bounce from aol.com also bounce from netscape.com

[oxydeart]

i'm on aol and have the mail vb for ever forums where i'm !

[0zone]

This is probably going to come accross as being a stupid question, but where would I edit my smtp settings?

[mojobone]

ozone,

it depends on what software you are using for smtp ....
IIS only? or other mail server such as: surgemail, icewarp, squirrelmail, etc.

[dknelson]

I use the php mail in VBulletin. I too get bounced messages from AOL and HATE IT. I tried switching to smtp but found that it REALLY slows down the posting of messages. Any solution for that?

Don

[AN-net]

for those who are not going to edit their smtp settings, i would suggest putting a message in the registration form informing the user that emails from this site for account activiation may be caught in their spam filter.