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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like the simplest solution is to have SWBell
change the static</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IP address to one that is not blocked.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 19, 2002 5:35 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NTLUG:Discuss] Austin SWBell smtp relay issues (not really
a linux topic but... )</DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey folks, have any of you had issues with
blocked/returned AOL.com destined email sent from smtp servers on SWBell DSL
lines?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2> I know this isn't exactly a Linux topic,
but I figured some of you may have been affected by this.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2> I have two Austin clients that can't send any email to
AOL email addresses... that's a real problem when half the
</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2> country seems to use AOL.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2> ...anyhow, after doing the usual
he-said-she-said song-and-dance with SWBell, ASI and AOL I discovered that
</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>SWBell sent a list of 500 or so "suspicious"
IPs to AOL. Suspicious meaning smtp relaying problems were "known" to
exist on these servers. Well, my clients don't relay mail and
haven't been sending spam. According to AOL, the heart of the matter is that
SWBell actually has the smtp relaying problems on their own server. ...not
the necessarily 500 or so customers they</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pimped out to AOL.... What? ...Huh?
..when does this start to make sense? Now I've got clients that can't
communicate with their clients... and a bunch of multinational conglomerates
pointing their slimy Draconian fingers at each other. I hate
this part of the job.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2> Is Anyone else experiencing this crapola?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeremy Brooks</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Univista</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>office: 512-832-6209</FONT>
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