Originally Posted By: artie505
Thanks for the explanation.

I was dreading the possibility of having to call AOL support and am delighted that such will not be the case; I'll just wait it out with crossed fingers.

If memory serves, and in this case I am certain that it does, AOL accounts were the most frequently blocked back in those earlier days because they were the single biggest source of SPAM. Since then AOL has tightened their controls and spammers have figured out how to turn PC's into SMTP servers for SPAM without the knowledge of the user. But because of AOL's history it is not too surprising that your German recipient might be overly cautious about your message.

By-the-way, although I haven't run into this in decades, from prior experience with blocked accounts, it might be necessary for you to contact AOL and have them contact the rejecting server to finally get the situation corrected. An easier solution might be an alternate email account with another provider.


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