We have suffered a denial of service attack (someone spammed our email account with 1000s of fake email messages). This has caused our server to bog down trying to handle messages. This has also caused us to be listed a spammer as our server bounces all the messages.
To fix this, I have had to do a couple things including switching how my DSL line works (dynamic to static). When this change takes place, the mailing list server will go offline until I can get back to it to reset our configurations.
What this means to you: - Some of you will still receive messages until the switch as your ISP does not view us as a spammer. - Most of you will NOT receive messages until the switch as your ISP views us as a spammer. This should be late next week when switch occurs and that weekend before I can reconfigure my server.
What this means to me: - Headache - Double out of pocket for my DSL line.
Update: The change in our DSL service should occur 04-13-2006. Two things will (should) occur: 1. Our server will go offline when it takes place until I can reset it. 2. Once reset, we should be back to 100%.
Thank you for your patience - Geoff
ps - We will be forming a support group until this is resolved for those who are too addicted and are going through withdrawals.
Up until a week ago, I used my web space/domain provider to route all email through. The mailing list server checks an email account, processes the messages, and then sends it through the providers mail exchange.
Last week, they limited the number of messages I can send at a time and they refuse to change it back as the DoS issue made it look like I was a SPAMMER. Their system should have caught this.
I then had to turn on the mailing list server's own SMTP server. Since I have a dynamic connection and do not have the correct records, half of the people sent a message think I am spamming them and refuse the SMTP connection.
Do I wish for the beginning when all of this was not an issue and I could just send messages with the mailing list server. Thank you SPAMMERS for the pain in the behind.
Looks like AT&T, the last ISP to be blocking messages has been resolved. Thank you Gary for getting with AT&T to have us removed as a spammer and viewed as legitimate email instead.
I am not seeing any messages being bounced to us from AOL for your account and your address still appears as a subscriber. I am not sure what the issue may be as all shows on my end the messages are being sent successfully.
Is there a setting which could have been changed? Is there an AOL contact to have AOL check on what issue may be?
