When I set mine up a couple of years ago, my ISP did it while I was on the phone with them.
Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland Sickenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] AOL is bouncing our email | I'm in contact with our ISP now to get this resolved. | | | | | | | | _____ | | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff | (Lists) | Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:09 AM | To: [email protected] | Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] AOL is bouncing our email | | | | Domain registration providers DO NOT PROVIDE PTR records. Impossible. Only | the authoritive zone for the IP address range can. That is generally the ISP | unless they delegate that. | | | | John Tolmachoff | | Engineer/Consultant/Owner | | eServices For You | | | | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matrosity Tech | Support | Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:41 AM | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] AOL is bouncing our email | | | | btw - I suggest you move your dns to someone that does support reverse dns | entries. A company with as many customers as AOL that is moving in this | direction will allow the rest of us to follow. | | :) | | Roland Sickenberger wrote: | | I used to reject mail based on that as well, but it was catching way too | much legit mail. | | You are all correct, I do not have a reverse ptr entry. | | I use Logalot, and it doesn't display the messages AOL is sending back. | | I spent over an hour on the phone with Somix and ended up turning Imails | logging back on instead of using the Application log. | | And voila! Clear as day AOL is sending this to us: | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 220-rly-yi06.mx.aol.com ESMTP | mail_relay_in-yi6.6; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:10:26 -0500 | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 220-America Online (AOL) and its | affiliated companies do not | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 220- authorize the use of its | proprietary computers and computer | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 220- networks to accept, transmit, | or distribute unsolicited bulk | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 220- e-mail sent from the internet. | Effective immediately: AOL | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 220- may no longer accept | connections from IP addresses which | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 220 have no reverse-DNS (PTR | record) assigned. | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) >EHLO hardwarespecialty.com | | 02:24 10:11 SMTP-(d63f002801a0e155) 250-rly-yi06.mx.aol.com peer name | unknown | | Unfortunately, we use register.com for our DNS services and they do not | allow or support reverse DNS entries. | | | | _____ | | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matrosity Tech | Support | Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 2:01 PM | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] AOL is bouncing our email | | | | I would love to reject mail based on that but there are too many mail admins | that don't have reverse PTR's | | Christopher Checca wrote: | | I should have added this; | | | | http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=hardwarespecialty.com | | | | it will help you correct your reject issues. | | | | Christopher Checca | | Packard Transport, Inc. | | IT Department | | 24021 South Municipal Dr | | PO Box 380 | | Channahon, IL. 60410 | | 815 467 9260 | | 815 467 6939 Fax | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | www.packardtransport.com | | | | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland | Sickenberger | Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:27 PM | To: [email protected] | Subject: [IMail Forum] AOL is bouncing our email | | | | Hi All, | | Does anybody have any ideas why AOL would start bouncing all of our email? | | We haven't made any changes to our server settings, mx records, etc. in | quite a while. | | Regards, | | Roland | | | | | | | | | | To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
