Not much comfort to those admins that are being blocked by AOL when their servers are setup correctly.
Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com 702.319.4349 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DLAnalyzer Support > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] AOL and Reverse DNS > > Todd, > > I suspect no one has an issue with what AOL is doing is because we are so > close to the situation (i.e. we are all trying to block spam). > > Darrell > > > > > Todd Holt writes: > > > I know this will stir a few people the wrong way, but. > > > > If so many people are upset that MS is being monopolistic by using their > > EULA to prevent software from operating, then why don't those same > > people get upset at AOL for the internet-nazi-police tactics used to > > prevent mail from being delivered? > > > > MS just says that you can't use certain apps on their OS. AOL says that > > you can't deliver mail through mail servers (that control more email > > than any other on the planet) because they deemed it "bad" through > > inaccurate, generalized and dare I say "monopolistic" policies. > > > > The lack of complaints about AOL just shows that the MS bashers are not > > upset about the MS policies (or monopoly), they just want to complain > > about the big company on the block. I think if the majority owner of > > AOL was the richest person on the planet, they would bash AOL. How > > short sided!!! > > > > Further, all of the justice dept. proceedings are based on complaints by > > the competition, not the users. On the other hand, AOL has thousands of > > consumer complaints, but very few (if any) complaints by competitors. > > It's obvious that the justice dept. just wants to appease whiny losers > > like Jim Barksdale and Scott McNealy. And the MS bashers just fall in > > line. Lemmings. > > Todd Holt > > Xidix Technologies, Inc > > Las Vegas, NV USA > > www.xidix.com > > 702.319.4349 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Schmidt > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] AOL and Reverse DNS > > > > Hi, > > > > I just noticed that AOL has stepped up their policies another notch. > > > > They used to say that "AOL **MAY**" not accept email from servers > > without Reverse DNS. > > In the last two weeks, that changed: > > http://postmaster.aol.com/guidelines/standards.html > > > > * AOL's servers will not accept connections from unsecured > > systems. These include open relays, open proxies, open routers, or any > > other system that has been determined to be available for unauthorized > > use. > > * AOL's mail servers will not accept connections from systems that > > use dynamically assigned or residential IP addresses. > > * AOL will not deliver e-mail that contains a hex-encoded > > Universal Resource Locator (URL). (Ex: http://%6d%6e%3f/) > > * AOL's mail servers will reject connections from any IP address > > that does not have reverse DNS (a PTR record). > > > > > > Best Regards > > Andy Schmidt > > > > H&M Systems Software, Inc. > > 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 > > Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 > > > > Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) > > Fax: +1 201 934-9206 > > > > http://www.HM-Software.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > Check Out DLAnalyzer a comprehensive reporting tool for > Declude Junkmail Logs - http://www.dlanalyzer.com > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
