AOL mail server problems?

["Brian Bruns" <bruns () 2mbit com>]

Hello everyone,


I've noticed some weird things going on with AOL's smtp servers today -
2003-10-12 12:37:48 1A8k8X-0002OC-0c Remote host mailin-04.mx.aol.com
[64.12.138.89] closed connection in response to initial connection
2003-10-12 12:37:55 1A8k8X-0002OC-0c Remote host mailin-04.mx.aol.com
[64.12.136.153] closed connection in response to initial connection
2003-10-12 12:38:35 1A8k8X-0002OC-0c Remote host mailin-04.mx.aol.com
[152.163.224.122] closed connection in response to initial connection

Have about 40 of these in my mail logs going to different AOL smtp servers.
Trying to connect by hand using telnet results in the mail servers closing
the connection right away without giving a reason.  I did however, out of
about 20 tests, got through once and actually got the server's welcome
message.

Any ideas?
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Brian Bruns
The Summit Open Source Development Group
Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources
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