[TriLUG] OT? - RR now blocking email from dynamic IPs...

[John Franklin]

On Monday, Jun 16, 2003, at 07:32 US/Eastern, C.Magnus Hedemark wrote:

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> On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 07:14 AM, Chris Bullock wrote:
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>> At our office we have experienced the same thing with commercial DSL. 
>>  We have a static IP but since we are in a DSL subnet rr is still 
>> blocking it.  Bad thing is that RR will not talk to us, it must come 
>> from the ISP, and Sprint/Earthlink is dragging their feet to get this 
>> resolved..
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> That is a real killer because now RR is blocking business email from 
> getting through, that is coming from a permanent business connection 
> with a static IP address.  This just won't do.
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> I reiterate that reciprocating site blocking to AOL/TW is the only 
> thing that will get their attention.

Hmm... I wonder if citing the inappropriate blockage as a service 
breach would do it.  TW RR customers would have to file the complaint 
as it their service being denied.  If they're blocking from businesses, 
they might be able to claim loss of business.

jf
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