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Subject: Re: AOL bounce message due to an AOL user's blacklist/blocklist
From: Thomas Gramstad <thomas @ ifi . uio . no>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:44:33 +0200 (MEST)
To: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey @ goldmark . org>
Cc: list-managers <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <Pine.OSX.4.49.999.0210250947300.767-100000@betty.goldmark.private>
Reply-to: Thomas Gramstad <thomas @ ifi . uio . no>

On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:

> 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.

Why?  Why does the list-owner have to know who's blocking who?
Most subscribers don't read all their list mail anyway, and this
blocking info has little or no value or interest to the list-owner.

Thomas Gramstad
thomas@ifi.uio.no



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