Yes as far as I can find out, the spam blockers they are using on port 25 are word specific, to the extent of becoming ludicrous. Every forward to ourselves or others was blocked. Anything with a picture, Any mail containing any one of a list of words a mile long. This email woulde certainly be blocked.
Your ISP should be able to give you another smtp port no. The other simple way to beat it is to use an address that is OK, On an address that is afflicted, (on OE) goto accounts, select account, then servers, then at bottom of page, ' My server requires authentication' tick box, then click settings beside it, enter name and password for clear address. That will direct the SMTP through clear account. So if its Freeserve blocking, enter a freeserve account name and password.
Umm ... life isn't it ... ?
I suppose they will get it sorted, eventually.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Email problems
no blocking. No problems..
OK if you have the level of access to be able to do that. Which has obviously solved the problem.
I know that AOL in early 2004 put in a spam blocking system at the ISP before it reaches the user. Which has been quite effective ( although a few still inevitable get through ).
Maybe your email to the list was being treated as 'spam' ?
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