[at-l] Resending for AOL people (admin)

[s.landis at comcast.net (Steve Landis)]

More on the subject from...

http://www.bizreport.com/print.php?art_id=4409&PHPSESSID=406935c8fe1f4db273efd45c4db6ba03

Friday, May 16, 2003
Blacklists vs. Spam

More e-mail users are winding up as "collateral damage" caused by 
blacklists, raising new questions about this miracle cure against spam.
<snip>
Big e-mail hosts like America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo can afford to 
develop their own blacklists, but smaller organizations typically rely 
on lists published by groups like MAPS, Spamhaus and SpamCop.
<snip>
America Online maintains a 24-hour toll-free number for e-mailers to 
call if they feel they've been improperly blocked, but smaller list 
operators don't have those resources.
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Steve

Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
> I'm still working on the list computers, so I'm gonna make this brief:
> 
> - The list was down over the past week due to AOL blocking all of 
> backcountry.net email.  This caused the queue to overflow and the 
> software to pretty much eat itself .   I left the lists up, but it 
> didn't process any mail once this happened.
> 
> - I've been calling AOL's SysAdmin line for days and days now, each time 
> a long distance call-  they're basically useless.  I would encourage AOL 
> subscribers to think about this the next time they renew their 
> subscription.    If you want to complain to AOL (which many of you 
> have), you can reference MAIL ticket #498078.