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Re: [OM] Re: AOL Users and Mailing Lists

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: AOL Users and Mailing Lists
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 16:58:07 -0500
Happens all the time on AOL.  I read about a church that had the mailing
list for their 'management team' setup.  AOL blocked it as spam -- a private
mailing list.  Refused to change their minds, even when shown the proof that
it wasn't spam and that all the people wanted their mail.

Tom

> I am on a Rollei users list.  Is the following a hoax or a real
possibility?
>
> >Greetings.
>
> I own and operate the computing facility that supports these photography
> mailing lists. I'd like to tell AOL users that there is a high probability
> that
> AOL anti-spam efforts will accidentally block the photography mailing
lists
> in
> the next month or two. Thousands of mailing lists all over the world are
> having
> this happen to them; they aren't picking on us specifically.
>
> If you are an AOL user and you notice one day that you haven't gotten any
> Leica-Users or Rollei mail in a while, do these things:
>
> 1. Check to make sure your mailbox isn't full. If your mailbox fills up,
you
> will normally be unsubscribed after 3 days.
>
> 2. If your mailbox isn't full, then the chances are good that AOL has cut
off
> our lists. Since I weon't be able to send you email any more, please check
> the
> web page http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/
>
> Your best bet, long term, is to find some other way besides AOL to read
your
> email.
>
> Brian Reid<
>
>
>
>
>


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