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E-mail from contact forms are being blocked from AOL, Yahoo and others

Through our web hosting packages, users are allowed to forward e-mail from an account at their domain name, to an off-site e-mail address (Yahoo, AOL, Gmail, etc.). This may be because the user wishes to group all of their e-mail into one address or that user may be most comfortable using a specific e-mail interface. However, it should be noted that this type of setup can cause problems when receiving e-mail.

Many Internet Service Providers recently reported a large decrease in spam volume for its subscribers. This is good news for their customers, but a look at their tactics can show why there is such a large decrease. AOL, Yahoo, Gmail and others, being such large companies with millions of customers, must stand strong on their fight against spam. This is a very good proposition and has been shown to work for them. However, their efforts also can result in banning legitimate e-mail form getting to you and further frustrate Internet users.

Inadvertent e-mail blocking is one of the side effects of the war on junk e-mail, better known as spam. Internet service providers are getting increasingly aggressive in trying to stop the flow of junk e-mail, which makes up about half of the messages sent