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AOL Bans Mail From DSL-Hosted Servers

Posted by timothy on from the because-individuals-should-not-have-them dept.

kmself writes "As first reported at linux-elitists by Aaron Sherman, and with a demonstration of the denial at zIWETHEY, AOL has begun blocking mailservers identified with residential DSL lines as an anti-spam measure, apparently heedless of the huge collateral damage this move imposes (and guess who can't send mail to Mom...). This action was unannounced, and has received virtually no coverage, spare an oblique mention at News.com. It also violates SMTP RFCs, as Aaron points out, not to mention the 'good neighbor' conventions of Internet communications. Mail to AOL's postmaster is also bounced -- this is RFC-ignorant. I strongly recommend that as a compensatory measure, non-AOL MTAs be configured to deny all incoming mail from AOL's domain."

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  1. heh... by di0s · · Score: 4, Funny

    You (don't) have mail!

    1. Re:heh... by Synocco · · Score: 4, Funny

      At the risk of offending the grammar nazis, shouldn't that be "You've don't got mail!" or maybe "You ain't got no mail!"

  2. Your Mom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, I am on AOL. I will send your mom a note.

  3. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The United States Postal Service has announced it will stop delivering
    any mail from Florida, due to the large number of mail-order scams
    originating from that state.

  4. If you want to send mail... by Ageless · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you want to send mail to AOL you just need to use something different than DSL. No big deal. May I suggest AOL/Time Warner Road Runner Cable Modem Service?

    Hermm....

  5. Re:bouncing mail to postmaster? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would never happen. That would be like a multi-billion dollar technology company like, oh, say Microsoft, forgetting to renew their domain registration.

    Not in our lifetimes :)

  6. Umm.. by doofsmack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot's RFC-ignorant too.. Bounces abuse@ emails.

  7. Re:No problem by fmaxwell · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've experienced several cases of spammers using what appears to be my @yahoo.com address to send out spam.

    Serves you right for choosing an address of slutty.coeds@yahoo.com.