Although Michael may have it backwards in explaining what the first received line is, I believe he is correct in that AOL/Compuserve must be checking the received line closest to the subject line.
That is correct. AOL has done that for many years (first as part of their "secret" undocumented spam weighting system, then more recently as part of their publicly documented anti-spam control).
In the last month or so I am no longer able to send to AOL/Compuserve users either, even using my circuit provider's SMTP server as a gateway. However, what is even more bizarre is that I can send to AOL using the SMTP server of a local provider I have a dial-up account with.
My mail server is sitting on a dynamically assigned circuit (can't get anything else where I live), so I'm kinda stuck trying every workaround I can find.
That would explain why AOL isn't accepting your E-mail (although if you contact them, they can likely help you), but it still should be able to get through if routed through your circuit provider's SMTP server.
-Scott
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