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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."

6 of 882 comments (clear)

  1. LOL by LowTolerance · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok guys, April fools was like two weeks ago...you really got me that time. Woo..hehe... This is a joke, right?

  2. Re:bouncing mail to postmaster? by drizuid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WELLLLL actually, after microsoft took over hotmail.com they DID forget to renew. A guy in the Nashville Linux User's Group is actually responsible for purchasing the domain and contacting microsoft to transfer it to them. He was compensated and got a little extra, although not much.. He also got quite a bit of fame, a hardcore linux user saves microsoft's hotmail? heh

  3. In Miss Cleo controlled Florida... by Lasuuco+Tulkas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    USPS stops delivering YOU

  4. (OT) Re:ummmm... by PetWolverine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please don't use quotations without attribution. It's rude.

    Your .sig is the property of Margaret Meade.

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    1. Re:(OT) Re:ummmm... by darkonc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      count the number of characters in my sig, then make sure that you've properly attributed your sig (YOU have the space!). As it is, I had to mangle the quote to make it fit in the allotted space.

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    2. Re:(OT) Re:ummmm... by PetWolverine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      So, really, you're the one who has found a truly remarkable .sig that these 120 chars are too few to contain.

      Ah well.

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      I found the meaning of life the other day, but I had write-only access.