It appears that Verizon is blocking our mail server. Calls to the online DSL
support center have produced a unique answer to each call. A sampling: there is
no problem; customers with dynamic IP addresses can not use 3rd party email
servers either to read or send mail; ditto but a universal policy; you have
been declared a spam source; hung up on; hmmmm. One call got a guy that
attempted to help.
Any clueful insights appreciated.
Any clueful insights appreciated.
Doug,
I forwarded your email to the abuse team at Verizon. Someone should
be in touch shortly.
-Dennis "ex Verizon abuse" Dayman
Thank you for several off-list replies. I was not clear. I did not mean this as
a rant against Verizon, I was frustrated at getting any kind of answer.
It may be related to this questionable policy:
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,66226,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19567-2005Jan18.html
http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20050126082406624
With their lame explanation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50099-2005Jan30.html
(While it appears Verizon has targetted non-American mail sources, anytime
you wield such a blunt instrument you're likely to clobber unintended
parties.)
Tony Rall