[Mailman-Users] AOL people in mail list

Chuq Von Rospach chuqui at plaidworks.com
Fri Mar 15 00:06:09 CET 2002


What does the bounce message say? If AOL spamblocks you, they generally
silently throw it away, they don't return it with bounces.


On 3/14/02 2:37 PM, "Jon Carnes" <jonc at haht.com> wrote:

> Sheer speculation and hearsay, but AOL may be doing their best to eliminate
> the spam that clogs their networks.  Thus, they could be limiting the number
> of AOL users that you can have in the envelope of the message.  Three would
> be a bit low, but... To test this bit of hearsay, you can toggle a few bits
> on your server.
> 
> Edit ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cft.py  and set:
> # Ceiling on the number of recipients that can be specified in a single SMTP
> # transaction.  Set to 0 to submit the entire recipient list in one
> # transaction.  Only used with the SMTPDirect DELIVERY_MODULE.
> #SMTP_MAX_RCPTS = 500
> SMTP_MAX_RCPTS = 1
> 
> Then send a test and see what precipitates!
> 
> Jon Carnes
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lehuta, Dan" <LEHUTD at dshs.wa.gov>
> To: <mailman-users at python.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 6:43 PM
> Subject: [Mailman-Users] AOL people in mail list
> 
> 
>> My mail list contains 3 members with AOL addresses.  Recently they are
>> coming back with "excessive bouncing" and their e-mail deliveries get
>> disabled.  Can you explain or help?
>> 
>> Dan Lehuta
>> DSHS-MAA-DIS
>> Applications and Database Development Mgr.
>> 360-725-1806
>> 360-586-0615 (FAX)
>> lehutd at dshs.wa.gov
>> 
>> 
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