I remember that IIRC a lot of that was down to the receiving mail server tar-pitting perceived spam connections to deter. However a lot of software was so crude it had no connection timeouts and just sat there - haven't seen that behaviour in a very long time :)
On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 11:08, Laura Atkins via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > There was a point in time where if you didn’t limit the number of messages > per session a few of the larger mailbox providers would simply cut you off. > The issue was some spammers were making hundreds of connections and then > holding them open for days (yes, really, more than 24 hours at a time). A > few of the big mailbox providers addressed this by limiting the number of > connections from a single IP and limiting the number of emails you could > send down a connection before disconnecting and reconnecting. > > laura > > > On 5 Sep 2019, at 16:31, Brotman, Alexander via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> > wrote: > > One of the interesting things I’ve learned while interacting with ESPs is > that some of them will artificially restrict the number of messages per > session, in lieu of opening more sessions. Some of them have told me the > values are in the low single digits. I’ve kind of wondered the rationale > for that might be. Is it the idea that you want to get your messages > through as quickly as possible? > > -- > Alex Brotman > Sr. Engineer, Anti-Abuse & Messaging Policy > Comcast > > *From:* mailop <mailop-boun...@mailop.org> *On Behalf Of *Benjamin BILLON > via mailop > *Sent:* Thursday, September 5, 2019 10:08 AM > *To:* mailop@mailop.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [mailop] Resolving issues for several yahoo > domains? > > > Hate to imagine how much mail is currently trying to get into Yahoo and > AOL > Same. Hate also to imagine the day (and night?) of the folks working on > fixing that. > > > -- > *Benjamin* > > *From:* Dave Holmes <d...@instiller.co.uk> > *Sent:* jeudi 5 septembre 2019 15:57 > *To:* Benjamin BILLON <bbil...@splio.com> > *Cc:* mailop@mailop.org > *Subject:* Re: [mailop] Resolving issues for several yahoo domains? > > Not the quickest or easiest to do as a lot of senders will have different > limits on different IP pools depending on reputation / previous throughput. > > I've dropped in a platform wide rule to back off the mail queues when the > response is encountered - should do the Job. > > Hate to imagine how much mail is currently trying to get into Yahoo and > AOL > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 14:39, Benjamin BILLON via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> > wrote: > > Yes, everyone. > Some, very few, emails are accepted. I believe their servers are > overloaded. I suggest everyone to back off a bit, for instance by limiting > the number of concurrent connections per outbound IP to ... 1. Until it > gets better. > Forcing our way through is not gonna work, or help. > > The DNS issue seems solved now. > > > -- > *Benjamin* > > *From:* mailop <mailop-boun...@mailop.org> *On Behalf Of *Dave Holmes via > mailop > *Sent:* jeudi 5 septembre 2019 15:21 > *To:* Ewald Kessler | Webpower <ewald.kess...@webpower.nl> > *Cc:* mailop <mailop@mailop.org> > *Subject:* Re: [mailop] Resolving issues for several yahoo domains? > > Were seeing large mail queues forming on our side but I think this extends > beyond the DNS I've not come across this message from Yahoo before. > > Error: "421 Service not available, closing transmission channel tnmpmscs" > > So whilst we have the DNS resolution (possibly cached) they are dropping > connections all over the place, same goes for all of their other domains. > > Anyone else with issues delivering after DNS resolves > > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 10:31, Ewald Kessler | Webpower via mailop < > mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > Yes, Oath (a.o. Yahoo, AOL) is having serious issues. Their engineers are > working to resolve the issues. > > Regards, > Ewald > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 10:35, tobisworld--- via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> > wrote: > > We're currently seeing several yahoo domains (ex yahoo.de) cannot be > resolved any more in DNS. All the responsable nameservers for that > domain do not reply anymore. 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