QUICK FIX: (Tested and used by me previously: unknown if this will work
now). Some SMTP servers have trouble handling AOL's truncated returns.
Solution: Create an AOL.COM DNS zone hosted on your own system. Do a
dig/nslookup & find some of AOL's lower priority (higher numbered) mail
machines, and create a couple MX records in your local AOL.COM zone
pointing to those IP addresses. Now you won't have to rely on AOL's
screwed up DNS returns. AOL mail lookups will be local on your system.
Please don't ask me how to create a new DNS zone on your server - I won't
know what to tell you. Be advised that this will most likely affect users'
ability to visit AOL websites.
Eric
mailserve@pdqnet.net
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> From: John Lange <microjl@palacenet.net>
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: Mail to aol.com
> Date: Monday, June 16, 1997 4:38 PM
>
> Don't forget the inherent problems caused by their backbone provider
> Sprint(missing)Link.
>
> JOhn :}
>
> > >Does anyone else have trouble getting mail to aol.com?
> >
> > we've had all sort of problems with email and web traffic to aol.com,
> > ostensibly because of they high level of traffic they are(n't)
> handling...
> >
> > so far, none of our customers have whined too loudly...
> >
>
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