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Re: Problems sending mail to yahoo?
From: Eric Esslinger <eesslinger () fpu-tn com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:50:44 -0500
Edward B. DREGER wrote:
I see this 'not greylisting' and we are a fairly tiny operation (I had about 20k outbound emails last week) and don't allow people to autoforward email from our servers. I find that yahoo.com destined mail stays in the queue for about 48 hours, with a 1,1,2,4,4,4,4,etc... hour retry.FB> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:48:52 -0500 FB> From: Frank Bulk FB> Q> Does Yahoo! use "greylisting" to reject messages? FB> A> No. FB> FB> http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/postmaster-05.html First-hand observations trump claims. Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita ________________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc () brics com -*- jfconmaapaq () intc net -*- sam () everquick net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter.
As I tend to peak at a couple of hundred mail in the queue when things get busy, it's not a problem, but can see where it would be for larger operators.
-- Eric Esslinger Information Services Manager Fayetteville Public Utilities Fayetteville, TN 37334 Phone: 931-433-1522x165 Fax: 931-433-0646 eesslinger () fpu-tn com
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- RE: Problems sending mail to yahoo?, (continued)
- RE: Problems sending mail to yahoo? Raymond L. Corbin (Apr 10)
- Re: Problems sending mail to yahoo? Chris Stone (Apr 10)
- RE: Problems sending mail to yahoo? Raymond L. Corbin (Apr 10)
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- RE: Problems sending mail to yahoo? Frank Bulk (Apr 10)
- Re: Problems sending mail to yahoo? Mike Lewinski (Apr 10)
- RE: Problems sending mail to yahoo? Edward B. DREGER (Apr 10)
- Re: Problems sending mail to yahoo? Eric Esslinger (Apr 10)
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