Ughhh AOL mail servers suck

acid_kewpie · 03-01-2004, 09:23 AM

anyone else ever had to email someone at an AOL address from a home grown smtp server?

Quote:

SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection:
host mailin-04.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.184]: 554- (RTR:BB) 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.

gits.

enine · 03-01-2004, 09:28 AM

AOL sucks period.
for years they were the biggest seller of e-mail addresses, now they are trying to be the biggest spam fighter. I had to e-mail an AOL user once and as soon as their system got my address I started getting junk mail. Verified it with a couple different e-mail addresses.

trickykid · 03-01-2004, 10:08 AM

I got a similiar email saying it was undelivered this morning at my work address to someone I never emailed.. yeah, AOL email servers are dumb.

wmartino · 03-01-2004, 02:07 PM

I have had the same problem. Finally fixed by routing all my outgoing AOL mail through a comcast mail server. Never had one come back yet.

witeshark · 03-02-2004, 10:13 PM

You would think a thousand year old world blanket ISP would have a decent e-mail server quality... putz! and the proprietary crap can be dispensed with too!

par2k4 · 03-04-2004, 01:34 PM

Yea AOL just simply sucks. They are trying in some ways to be a better ISP but of course they are funking their efforts up by doing countless dumb stuff. Some dumb stuff new and some old. Either way you cut it they just aren't worth messing with right now (most ISP's aren't).

About the returned mail to someone that never sent the person an e-mail it's been going on all over the net. Just delete them. I didn't look to see what os your're using or if you listed it for that matter but if your're using Windows be careful. There is a new undisclosed vuln. in the Outlook client that allows for remote code execution via buffer overflow without even checking your mail. Yea, I'm serious. Check eEye for info.

P.S. - There was two other undisclosed vulns. in Windows to... Everyone on here does know that MS knew about the ASN.1 vulns. since July 2003 right? It took them 6 months to notify the public. I tend to think within 6 months maybe we'll have patches for these vulns? Maybe sooner since everyone is bitting MS's ass off right now for their actions.

MS likes to poop on their poop with more poop, lol....