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Subject: AOL bounce message due to an AOL user's blacklist/blocklist entry
From: Tom Keyser <tkeyser @ mail . com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:02:58 -0700
To: "list-managers" <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>

Many AOL users dont understand the impact of the configuration changes they may to thier account.

Many user block all mail from outside the aol system due to aol being spam hell. all you can do is try to write to them from another email address and ask them if they know that they are blocking the emails that they are expecting to see.


>I just received the following bounce/error message from AOL:
>
> >from: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com>
> >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:23:25 EDT
> >To: <owner-listname@domain>
> >Subject: Mail Delivery Problem
> >
> >Your mail to the following recipients could not be delivered because they
> >are not accepting mail from xxxxxxx@yahoo.com:
> >	userxxxxxx
>
>
>userxxxxxx@aol.com and xxxxxxx@yahoo.com are both subscribed to this 
>list.  AOL gives users the ability to block email from specified addresses 
>(blacklist/blocklist).
>
>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?  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.
>
>

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