"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Cyjcc.192685$Cb.1733584@attbi_s51...
Okay, off-topic -- but I don't know whom else to ask!

I've recently received an email (for the inn) from a guy purportedly
located
outside of Moscow.

I can't seem to reply to him. His address ends in "mail.ru" (as in
) My ISP rejects this as having an illegitimate suffix.
(Apparently the ".ru" is the trouble.)

.ru is perfectly valid. As a matter of fact, mail.ru appears to be a
perfectly
valid address (seems to be a Yahoo-like service) from the overall
appearance
of it. Does seem to offer you a variety of email services at mail.ru,
inbox.ru, etc..

Is this something I should take up with my ISP? Or did the guy send me
an
anti-Spam email address by mistake? What's a legitimate Russian email
address? (He's awaiting my reply!)

Your ISP is crocked... appears to be valid.

Thanks...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



is valid, but mail.ru is on a lot of blacklists.

Seems odd that the ISP is blocking email going out to .ru. Usually spam
filters block incomming .ru mail.