experience delay when send to AOL.com 3

[takoch03]

Hi,
Our employees always experience delay when sending Email to AOL.com. I trace the message from tracking center..
"...
...
SMTP: Started Outbound Transfer of Message
Message Transferred to through SMTP
SMTP: Started Outbound Transfer of Message
Message Transferred to through SMTP
SMTP: Started Outbound Transfer of Message
Message Transferred to through SMTP
SMTP: Started Outbound Transfer of Message
Message Transferred to through SMTP"

Does anyone what those messages means? and what cause the delay? Is it because of DOL's server?

Other outbound Emails are working fine.
Thanks for your help!

 

[MikeBatters]

It looks like the session is getting disconnected from the AOL server before it completes the send.

It might be worth trying to spoof a mail to the aol server (using telnet) and see if you get disconnected.

It might be something at the AOL and nothing to do with you (most likely i think).

 

[MalcolmS]

takoch03 --

The delay problem to aol.com has been an issue for some time. It has to do with AOL's efforts to combat SPAM. Run a search on google and you'll find dozens of posting. Here's one for example:

http://wings.buffalo.edu/computing/alert/index.cgi?alert=1117204440

M~

 

[takoch03]

Thanks for answering me promptly!

 

[nickpark]

Do a DNS report at

HTTP://WWW.DNSREPORT.com

You may not have Reverse DNS entries for MX records
If not, aol will kick you out.

 

[benzgc]

Yeah, aol uses reverse dns if you don't have it it will not accept e-mail from you it will treat it as spam. I recently found this out from network solutions.

 

[MalcolmS]

NickPark,

Good One, Dude!

M~