On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
> This is a really bad idea. Why? Because I've found that AOL, in particular,
> are _very_ good about yanking accounts immediately. The AOL admins who
> are on the other end of abuse@aol.com are very responsible, mature Internet
> administrators, and they take their job seriously.
I'll take your word that they are and that they do. This is good to hear.
> Oh, THAT makes sense, get people ANGRY when they're really just lowly
> system administrators, doing the best they can. Your suggestion makes no
> sense, especially when you consider that the people behind abuse@aol.com
> are just as angry about email spam as you are.
>
I hope you're correct. I didn't even get the autoreply from the abuse
address (though one of my list owners did so I know they got at least one
complaint from this site). The problem seems to me, from my discussions with
AOL users, that there is little to no education or training of new users
in a preventive manner. I have far more problems with AOL users than *any*
other ISP out there...small, large or otherwise. I don't really know
the reason why...maybe it's my bad luck...but I'm about -> <- close to
making an administrative decision that AOL is simply not an adequate service
provider and thus AOL users aren't welcome to use my list server. Drastic
I suppose but it'd save me a lot of headaches.
It seems though the more prudent action in the long run is getting rid of
this Kowardly Kevin person. Is the information posted to this list about
him correct? He's really the root behind the magazine subscription spam?
Mike
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