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Yes, this came up some time ago. It isn't mail to AOL in general; it's mail from Pilot users. Pilot allows relaying of mail from within msu.edu; when a computer at MSU is infected with an email generating worm or virus, it bombards AOL; AOL then auto-blocks the offending Pilot server. Mail.msu.edu authenticates users and isn't susceptible to the problem. The solution is to upgrade to mail.msu.edu. This was documented on help.msu.edu/status in October. Here's the record: https://contact.cl.msu.edu/status/status_history.php?id=000000000000197 /rich >I don't know if this is old business or not, but I thought it would be >worth to ask. > >I noticed that emails sent from an @msu.edu address to an @aol.com >address are bounced, with this message as part of the header: > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >... while talking to mailin-02.mx.aol.com.: ><<< 554-(RLY:B1) The information presently available to AOL indicates this ><<< 554-server is generating high volumes of member complaints from AOL's ><<< 554-member base. Based on AOL's Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at ><<< 554-http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL may not accept further ><<< 554-e-mail transactions from this server or domain. For more >information, ><<< 554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com. >----------------------------------------- > >Is there anything to do about it? Or we just get used to not sending >emails to folks affiliated with AOL. > > >-- >Oscar Castaneda >Center for Global Change and Earth Observations >Michigan State University