Hello

Is anyone else having problems getting mail to AOL at the moment ?

I've just had this back from c.painless, looks like a temporary 
blacklisting:

> This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
> A message that you sent has not yet been delivered to one or more of its
> recipients after more than 24 hours on the queue on c.painless.aaisp.net.uk.
> 
> The message identifier is:     1MMTCs-0006DS-1Q
> The date of the message is:    Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:48:30 +0100
> The subject of the message is: Re: hi
> 
> The address to which the message has not yet been delivered is:
> 
>   Cxxxxxd@aol.com
>     Delay reason: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
>     host mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.249.91]: 421-:
>      (DYN:T1)  http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/421dynt1.html
>     421 SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE
> 
> No action is required on your part. Delivery attempts will continue for
> some time, and this warning may be repeated at intervals if the message
> remains undelivered. Eventually the mail delivery software will give up,
> and when that happens, the message will be returned to you.

I've obfuscated the AOL address, but it belongs to a family member - 
yes, I know, but they went and signed up for two years to get a 
Playstation 3)

Chris

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Chris King
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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:23:09 +0100, Chris King wrote:

> I've just had this back from c.painless, looks like a temporary 
> blacklisting:

Following the link given it does look like that but I'm surprised
that it is happening after data

>> Delay reason: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of
data:

Is the recipients mail box full?

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Cheers
Dave.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:23:09 +0100, Chris King wrote:
> 
>> I've just had this back from c.painless, looks like a temporary 
>> blacklisting:
> 
> Following the link given it does look like that but I'm surprised
> that it is happening after data
> 
>>> Delay reason: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of
> data:
> 
> Is the recipients mail box full?

I've just had some more delivery failures to AOL, same error but to 
different users - I was able to contact them via a Gmail account, so 
their mailboxes are not full.

Chris

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Chris King
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:22:13 +0100, Chris King wrote:

> I've just had some more delivery failures to AOL, same error but to 
> different users - I was able to contact them via a Gmail account, so 
> their mailboxes are not full.

Gmail <> AOL, its the AOL mailbox that might be full. Having said
that AOL don't have a good reputation as far as reliabilty are
concerned and have been known to "randomly block" people sending mail
to their cutsomers.

Not to use AOL is the best solution.

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Cheers
Dave.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:22:13 +0100, Chris King wrote:
> 
>> I've just had some more delivery failures to AOL, same error but to
>>  different users - I was able to contact them via a Gmail account,
>> so their mailboxes are not full.
> 
> Gmail <> AOL, its the AOL mailbox that might be full.

Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer with that sentence - I've got
various "backup" accounts (Gmail, Hotmail, GMX etc) that I keep around
for checking out delivery/blacklisting problems. I used one of those to
send messages to the AOL accounts I couldn't reach - no problem getting
through to them.

> Having said that AOL don't have a good reputation as far as
> reliabilty are concerned and have been known to "randomly block"
> people sending mail to their cutsomers.

That's the understatement of the year - and trying to prove that you're 
NOT a spammer once they're convinced otherwise is a nightmare.

> Not to use AOL is the best solution.

My various AOL contacts are beginning to realise that...

Chris

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