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Old 8 Dec 2019, 07:14 PM   #10
BritTim
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Originally Posted by xyzzy View Post
I can sort of understand AOL classing email from senders as spam since they are controlled by the same idiots that control yahoo email and users on the att forums (yahoo is att's email service provider which is run by OATH which also runs AOL) are always complaining about email from known senders being classed as spam (contacts lists is not considered). What I don't understand is the resend attempt(s). If FM is successfully delivering their email to AOL (no matter if they filter it as spam or not) what would cause FM to resend it? And how do you know FM is resending it? Is there something on the FM or AOL side that indicates it's resending?

Might consider sending a ticket to FM support and asking. Or maybe AOL "support" if you can find such a thing.
Resending often is the result of greylisting. The receiving mail server gives a temporary rejection when it encounters a new sender, expecting the sender to later retry. Mostly, sending is not attempted during automated spam runs. This is considered a good defence against a lot of automated spam attacks. Usually, though, the temporary rejection is changed to an accept when the same message is sent later after a decent interval.
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