First step in delivery

Ever trawl through your logs and notice that there is a delivery problem somewhere? I’m sure everyone sending email in any volume has.
What’s the first thing you do when you discover a block?

A: Decide that something broke on your end and set about trying to figure out what you did to trigger the block.

B: Decide that something broke on the ISP end and set about trying to find a human to fix it.

C: Unsub the recipients and stop mailing that domain.

D: Decide it’s a temporary failure. Wait and see if it happens again.

E: Call a delivery specialist or Return Path or your ESP to demand they pick up the bat phone.

F: Dig through cards you acquired at MAAWG and contact some random person at that ISP for help.

G: Run around in circles wildly.

H: Ask every other ESP you know if they are being blocked too.

What are your first steps when you discover a block?

OOPS!
Hunting the Human Representative

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