I agree with those that say leave the door ajar. My front load washer has never had a bad moldy smell and I do leave the door adjar. Also the manufacturers do recommend that once a month use about a cup of bleach in the washer (empty load).
I'd also like to note that most washer that smell are the ones that primarily use liquid detergents and fabric softeners. A lot of those have an animal base in them, thus it is more or less rotting inside the machine when not flushed out all the way. I only use powder detergents and use dryer sheets (which of course can clog the lint screen, but an old tooth brush and dish soap takes care of that.)
We have also ran into the problem once, of a customer having a foul smell and after thorough inspection we found that the drain tube where they placed the hose into was too low and their hose was down into the drain too far pulling the dirty water from the pee trap back into their machine.
Nat
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