[SLUG] Mail rejected from AOL

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Wed Feb 04 2004 - 21:51:49 EST


My wife was trying to send an email to a customer on AOL tonite and got
the following message back:

152 fatal error from smtp transport:
554- (RTR:DU) The IP address you are using to connect to AOL is a
dynamic
554- (residential) IP address. AOL will not accept future e-mail
transactions
554- from this IP address until your ISP removes this IP address from
its list
554- of dynamic (residential) IP addresses. For additional information,
554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.

I tried telnetting into their mail servers, and got the same exact
message. We're on a residential DSL with dynamic IP.

It sounds like AOL is blocking email from any dynamic IP. Is that right?
It sounds completely psychotic. Was there a news item I missed?

Paul

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