20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) Trying aol.com (0)
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) Connect aol.com [205.188.156.154:25] (1)
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) 554-(RLY:B2) The information presently available to AOL indicates this
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) 554-server is transmitting unsolicited e-mail to AOL. Based on AOL's
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) 554-Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) 554-AOL cannot accept further e-mail transactions from this server.
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) 554-Please have your ISP/ASP or server admin call AOL at 1-888-212-5537,
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) 554 or visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com for more information.
20031216 000133 127.0.0.1 SMTP (0384324F) SMTP_DELIV_FAILED
They don't even give us a chance - we connect, and they dump us instantly.
Calling them at that number gives you not much more than a promise that "they'll look into it and get back to you", i.e. they won't bother and will never call you back. The postmaster web site doesn't help much.
However, I just did a test from my mail server. I did a manual telnet to a few different AOL listed MX servers on port 25, including the one my server tried above, and got this:
220-rly-ya02.mx.aol.com ESMTP mail_relay_in-ya2.4; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:55:45 -0500
220-America Online (AOL) and its affiliated companies do not
220- authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer
220- networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk
220- e-mail sent from the internet. Effective immediately: AOL
220- may no longer accept connections from IP addresses which
220 have no reverse-DNS (PTR record) assigned.
I was able to type a manual HELO, RCPT FROM, MAIL TO, DATA and successfully send an email. The server has only one IP bound, so it can't be because it's using a different IP address. What gives? Anyone? Why can I send mail manually via telnet, but my mail server gets cut off at the knees?
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