Thanks, I'll try this!
At 12:49 PM 04/04/02 -0600, you wrote:
>This is an ongoing and interesting scenario. The thoughts on this and
>potential solutions for this are deep and wide.
>
>The difference between IMS post and CFMAIL insofar as the function as you
>have described is that IMS actually bypasses your SMTP server and Posts the
>mail directly to the receiving hosts mail server as indicated by the DNS
>lookup - which is essentially what your SMTP server does.
>
>1. In your headers make sure your server can be looked up by the receiving
>host. This allows the receiving host to see that you are indeed a 'real'
>server.
>2. You may try adding a "Received:" line to your header like:
>Received: from #YOUR-SMTP-SERVER# [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX] by #HostName#"
> Where:
> YOUR-SMTP-SERVER = your mail server host name as
> indicated by the MX
>record associated with your domain in the DNS records
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = the public IP address of your SMTP server
> HostName = the server with POST running on it.
>3. 1 control file : 1 email address for AOL accounts
>4. Setup the IMS Post on your physical SMTP server and then write the files
>from the CF server to the IMS server.
>
>
>Again, I have not seen a 100% solution, but we use #1, #2, #3 above and we
>have VERY little issue with AOL accounts. Occasionally, we have a 24 to 48
>hour delay, but I have only not seen any "lost" emails.
>
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Matt Boyce
>101 Marketing, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brook Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:39 PM
>To: inFusion Support List
>Subject: [iMS] AOL and mail not being delivered
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I am using IMS SE. I have a user at an aol address who is not receiving
>mail that appears to be sent successfully in the log file. Are there any
>know AOL issue or incompatibilities? Delivery to this address works fine
>from my our other mail server and also worked fine via cfmail, before we
>replaced it with IMS SE.
>
>Does AOL have any stringent requirements? Thank you for your insights!
>
>Brook
>
>
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