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thirdlife
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 Posted - 14 March 2005 : 22:35:00
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http://postmaster.info.aol.com/" target="_blank">I have had some really annoying problems getting mail through to AOL users, and after about 2 months, I finally got everything working and thought I d post a few tips in here to help out others. br / br / If you are getting returned mail that has either been delayed or failed from AOL/Netscape, or if you have mail that just seems to disappear. Chances are that you have been blacklisted. br / br / AOL will blacklist you if you do not have your reverse dns set correctly, if you are not on the whitelist, and 1 users adds you to their spam list. br / br / What to do: br / br / Use the tools AOL has set up: br / [url[http://postmaster.info.aol.com/
Apply for whitelist status, but be sure you dns is set correctly.
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/tools/whitelist_guides.html
Check your reverse dns.
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/tools/rdns.html
Ask users that you are email to add you to their address book.
Set up a feedback loop.
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/tools/fbl.html
Hope someone finds the above useful....
-Thirdlife.
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
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Posted - 15 March 2005 : 06:03:34
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Thanks for the tips  Personally, I gave up on AOL a long time ago. Having to apply to get them to let your e-mail through, to me, goes against the whole idea of e-mail. Imagine if every e-mail provider did this; no e-mails would ever get sent. Anti-spam filters are now getting to be a bigger PITA than the spam they were originally designed to stop. The only anti-spam filter I'll use these days is my eye; don't trust any of them not to block legitimate e-mails I'm expecting.
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thirdlife
Starting Member
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Posted - 15 March 2005 : 09:09:14
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Originally posted by Shaggy
Thanks for the tips Personally, I gave up on AOL a long time ago. Having to apply to get them to let your e-mail through, to me, goes against the whole idea of e-mail. Imagine if every e-mail provider did this; no e-mails would ever get sent. Anti-spam filters are now getting to be a bigger PITA than the spam they were originally designed to stop. The only anti-spam filter I'll use these days is my eye; don't trust any of them not to block legitimate e-mails I'm expecting.
I can agree with you there, unfortunately, if you are running a business and your clients/customers are AOL users, you have to suck it up and get whitelisted, its sucks I know.
My theory...AOL is trying to push out the little guys to get more market share by blocking email...(ok, my just a conspiricy theory)
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
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Posted - 15 March 2005 : 10:03:46
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After we had a few clients on AOL and had to go through the process of getting whitelisted only for AOL to internittently lose attachments, we've stopped sending mails to AOL accounts. Obviously we give our clients a big, technical spiel that doesn't make us out to be too lazy to go through it all. There are plenty of other free e-mail providers out there and our clients are always happy enough to set up a temporary account with one of them to receive mail from us.
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Podge
Support Moderator
Ireland
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thirdlife
Starting Member
8 Posts |
Posted - 15 March 2005 : 15:25:37
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Originally posted by Podge
Has anyone here setup SPF (Sender Policy Framework) correctly?
http://spf.pobox.com/
If so, has it helped with sending mail?
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Mr Pink
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 March 2005 : 15:37:25
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Originally posted by Shaggy
we've stopped sending mails to AOL accounts. Obviously we give our clients a big, technical spiel that doesn't make us out to be too lazy to go through it all. There are plenty of other free e-mail providers out there and our clients are always happy enough to set up a temporary account with one of them to receive mail from us.
I think that this is the way to go with AOL. I agree that they are using thier size to squeeze the competition, but with gmail and other free email providers, there should be no reason to bend to AOLs pressure. |
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thirdlife
Starting Member
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Posted - 16 March 2005 : 11:36:31
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Originally posted by Podge
Has anyone here setup SPF (Sender Policy Framework) correctly?
http://spf.pobox.com/
If so, has it helped with sending mail?
I use dynamic dns (no-ip.com) for my website/forum/email and after searching for spf on their site, i found a wizard that allows you to creat an spf record, but i'm not totally sure what I'm doing with it quite yet....
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Podge
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