[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
Wow I hate aol even more. some of my list goes into the junk box and I have to go through it and press "not spam" so it doesn't keep going there... --- Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> wrote: > Everyone, > > One or many AOL users have been reporting > type3@vwtype3.org e-mail > messages as junk mail. This has happened as much as > a couple of hundred > times in the last few days. > > As a result of this, AOL is getting ready to block > 100% of messages coming > from the vwtype3.org e-mail server to any AOL > recipient. > > This would affect not only type 3 list e-mail, but > e-mail from many, many > other folks who, like us, are customers of Cedant > (the vwtype3.org web & > mail host). > > The Cedant abuse department's hands are tied, and > will have to suspend > vwtype3.org entirely unless the abuse reports from > AOL users stop. > > At their request -- an unfortunate but reasonable > request, given the > situation -- I have had to remove all @aol.com list > and digest > subscribers. (Unfortunately, AOL only sends > threats, but no specifics > regarding the complaints, so there is no way to > figure out who is > originating the complaints.) > > I sincerely apologize to AOL subscribers. I ask > that you stay > unsubscribed from the list for at least a few days. > > Note that I have taken all 27 current AOL folks and > specifically allowed > them to post to the list, so you can still > participate in the discussion. > You will have to read messages from the Web in the > interim: > > http://vwtype3.org/listarchive/maillist.html > > This is a really lousy situation. For now, removing > AOL folks from > receiving messages directly is something we must do, > so that we don't risk > shutting everything down entirely for everyone. > Thanks to everyone for > your patience. > > Regards, > -Greg > > > cc: Cedant Abuse Department > bcc: second group of @aol.com list subscribers > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com