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So as to protect our mail servers from block lists and to protect potential spam or malware being relayed on, we have a number of checks that are applied to email being sent through smtp.aa.net.uk. These include: |
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*IPs not on our network will need to Authenticate using their mailbox credentials |
*IPs not on our network will need to Authenticate using their mailbox credentials |
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*We'll block individual messages if they are bounces (mail delivery failure notifications) - we don't like to relay on bounce messages from customers own mail servers |
*We'll block individual messages if they are bounces (mail delivery failure notifications) - we don't like to relay on bounce messages from customers own mail servers |
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*We'll block individual messages if they contain malware (virus) |
*We'll block individual messages if they contain malware (virus) |
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*We'll block |
*We'll block individual messages if the sender address is invalid (e.g. no MX records etc.) |
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*We'll block IPs if they |
*We'll block Authenticated users or IPs if they send multiple emails in a short time period to invalid email addresses |
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*We'll block Authenticated users or IPs if they try to send multiple emails in a short time period that have a high high spam score |
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*We'll block the email if the sender address is invalid (eg no MX records etc) |
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There are other check, but the ones above are the main ones. |
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Latest revision as of 00:04, 18 August 2018
So as to protect our mail servers from block lists and to protect potential spam or malware being relayed on, we have a number of checks that are applied to email being sent through smtp.aa.net.uk. These include:
- IPs not on our network will need to Authenticate using their mailbox credentials
- We'll block individual messages if they are bounces (mail delivery failure notifications) - we don't like to relay on bounce messages from customers own mail servers
- We'll block individual messages if they contain malware (virus)
- We'll block individual messages if the sender address is invalid (e.g. no MX records etc.)
- We'll block Authenticated users or IPs if they send multiple emails in a short time period to invalid email addresses
- We'll block Authenticated users or IPs if they try to send multiple emails in a short time period that have a high high spam score
There are other check, but the ones above are the main ones.