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Subject: Re: AOL bounce message due to an AOL user's blacklist/blocklist
From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey @ goldmark . org>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
To: JC Dill <inet-list @ vo . cnchost . com>
Cc: list-managers <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <5.0.0.25.2.20021025091131.04809420@pop3.vo.cnchost.com>
References: <5.0.0.25.2.20021025091131.04809420@pop3.vo.cnchost.com>
Reply-to: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey @ goldmark . org>

On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, JC Dill wrote:

> Is it correct for AOL to send an error message like this to the list-owner
> address when the sender is on the recipient's blocklist?

Yes.  That is the only reasonable option for AoL.

> I can see this developing into a real problem if you get a bunch of
> people who decide to killfile someone they don't like and the list
> manager gets notices from each one, each time a post is blocked.

Yes, it is a problem.  I advise and then remove list members who do this.

-j

-- 
Jeffrey Goldberg                            http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/
Relativism is the triumph of authority over truth, convention over justice


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