[epub] Re: AOL

[Ross Hall <ross.hall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 06:52 PM, Mark Jeantheau wrote:
> Ross ---
>
> Have you found that if one AOL account is blocked, then all AOL 
> account are
> blocked; and, conversely, that if one is receiving OK, they all do?

After I overcame the overwhelming stupidity of the idea of sending out 
a "did you get this eMail" eMail, I thought I'd go back over the notes 
and check.

I've spoken to 4 people who I know well enough to call. 1 is a supplier 
who dropped a message from my personal account, which is used to send 
out a limited opt-in mailing. The other 3 were on The View mailing 
list, and none got the last issue.

I believe that AOL are operating a service-side blocking facility, a 
little like Yahoo! do, that traps all incoming mail. It does appear 
that this service may be bypassing the address book, so if you as AOL 
have got someone in your address book it may be there is no guarantee 
the message arrives.

Not being an AOL user (my record for greatest delay between new account 
and adult content floating my way is 35 minutes) I don't have the 
facility to test this.

All very frustrating at the moment, although I have to say again that 
an eMail to AOL via their site may be in order to try and at least work 
through the blocks.



Ross ;-))

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Ross Hall,
G A R O L Ltd.
Information and Knowledge Management Consultants

+44 (0)20 8902 0618
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