AOL have unbanned me!
Finally! It’s only been a couple of years (or feels like) since AOL took a disliking to my IP address and point-blank refused all incoming emails from my server. Having successfully been removed from the Outblaze block after fixing insecure scripts on my server and getting my outgoing volume down by 99%, I figured it was time to try AOL again. So I called them last night and a helpful bloke took all the details and “escalated” the ticket.
Today I got an email from AOL…
“Removed block from your IP address and you can sent mail to us after 24 business hours. It is recommended to setup a feedback loop through our website postmaster.aol.com if don’t have any at this time.”
Yippee! I’m not sure how long “24 business hours” is (does anyone know?), but the news is good. The IP ban is lifted. 
Now when someone buys a product from me, or emails me a question from an AOL account, I won’t have to run around to my Gmail account to send a reply.
