On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 10:53:39AM -0700, matthew wrote: > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Robert Mathews wrote: > > Is anyone experiencing E.mail weirdness, specifically bounces from AOL > > today at all? I have spoken to a number of others from various parts > > of CONUS, who seem to have a similar issue..
> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > .. while talking to mailin-03.mx.aol.com.: > >>> DATA > <<< 500 SYNTAX ERROR, COMMAND UNRECOGNIZED I spoke to AOL's main anti-spam guy about this a few weeks back, and he said (hope he doesn't mind my quoting this here): This is, in fact, a block of suspected spam; the code will be changed shortly to be more descriptive. I have noticed this error with some apparently non-bulk and legitimate mail recently. AOL's postmaster team has gotten a lot more responsive recently, so forwarding a copy of the message that bounced to postmaster@ and / or calling the number at http://postmaster.info.aol.com/ would probably be good steps to take if you haven't already done so. -- "Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..." (Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock")