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Posted On: Sun 20 June, 2004
Asked By: T. Saika |
A lot of my emails keep bouncing back with some kind of RBL blocking message? What the hell is going on? |
Posted On: Mon 21 June, 2004
Answered By: Mark Burns |
| The most likely problem with your e-mails being blocked is because the mail server where you are sending your emails from is blocked on one of the many RBL (Realtime Blackhole List). RBLs are often managed by individual entities and contains a list of IP addresses whose owners is identified to be spamming or facilitating other illegal activities - intentionally or not in most cases. Many ISPs and web hosting companies subscribe to these RBLs to either identify or reduce the amount of spam on its network.
The bounced emails should contain a link to a web page where it will describe the reasons why your mail server was listed and instructions on how to remove it. You should forward the bounced email(s) to your web hosting provider, and notify them of the problem. They will know how to address the issue. The other solutions to your problem are to use another email server to send (and receive) your mail or move the domain to entirely different web host. There are many third party email providers who will host e-mail accounts for a few dollars a month.
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