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==CA2==

An IP address has been blocked from sending email through smtp.aa.net.uk due to it sending ~~a number of high spam scoring messages in a short period of time, around 20 high spam scoring messages in an hour, however these figures are subject to change without notice.~~

An IP address has been blocked from sending email through smtp.aa.net.uk due to the IP sending:

*a number of high spam scoring messages in a short period of time, around 20 high spam scoring messages in an hour,

*or, a high number of emails to invalid email addresses, around 20 failed messages in an hour,

(These figures are subject to change without notice.)

We reject the message with:

Error CA2 see: http://wiki.aa.org.uk/Sending_Email_Errors x.x.x.x is blocked from sending. Probably due to sending spam messages.

In most cases, we would also send an email to the customer with details of why the IP has been blocked. In many cases the IP is a third party unknown to the customer who has managed to obtain

==CA3==

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There may be others...

==Greylisting==

You came here probably after seeing a mail of yours being rejected with a message like this:

Greylisted for 300 seconds

The mail server generating this error message is using a system called Greylisting to filter spam and viruses. It relies on Mail Servers behaving according to the standards and usually doesn't require any action by the user. Your mails should only possibly be delayed.

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