dcortez

I just had a very troubling experience with trying to send email via AOL.

I tried to email a banner exchange program a list of URLs and AOL refused to send the message the first time claiming it was SPAM.

I put the list into a zip and tried sending it again.

AOL stripped the entire message clean.

This is the first time in two years I have ever had a problem with AOL seriously interfering with the normal legitimate day-to-day conduct of my adult enterprise.

Has anyone else had problems with AOL censoring their content?

This is not about spam - this is about sending email with adult content being blocked.

I was surprised when I first discovered that they automatically and transparently intercept your SMTP traffic and route it through their servers.

My email software was explicitly set to my web host's SMTP. I recall in prior years when I used Earthlink that they did not allow outside SMTP service, but you had to enter their SMTP details before your email client would work.

AOL is seizing SMTP traffic regardless of the software config.

I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks,
-Dino