Another possibility is that pa.ausom.net.au and nordi.no have blocked mail
from earthlink.net due to spam that appeared to come from earthlink. I
don't see it so often now, but it used to be common for spammers to use
fake earthlink.net addresses on their "From:" lines. Unfortunately there
are a lot of inexperienced Sys Admins out there these days who don't know
how to tell where spam really originates from (almost never from the
"From:" address domain), and who are quick to block mail from perceived
spam domains. The domains I administer (bcpl.net, bcplonline.org, and
bcpl.lib.md.us) have been on the receiving end of that stupidity many
times.
On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Brian Kemp wrote:
> I've had problems sending international e-mails. My ISP responded with the
> following in response to the error messages trying to send the above reply to
> Trevor:
>
> > It appears the domain, pa.ausom.net.au, has chosen to block mail from
> > EarthLink Network. Our Network Administrator will contact this domain and
> > attempt to resolve the issue. However, it is still up to the recipient
> > domain to remove the block.
>
> I also was unable to reply in response to the following, with an access denied
> error:re:TR6 number plate lamp L766 rubber bases for sale
> To: "Roar N." <ireneb@nordi.no>
>
> Earthlink support tells me it's common for mail servers low on space to stop
> accepting messages from the larger providers like Earthlink and AOL. They
> recommend retrying during off peak hours, which I had been doing. Do others
>have
> this problem with their ISP?
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