Hello List Subscribers,
I want to update you on the email problem with MSN (and their related
companies).
On 2-18-2003, messages from the Rootsweb mailing lists began bouncing back
from
@msn.com
@email.msn.com
@email.com
@hotmail.msn.com
what this means is that every message that was sent out from @rootsweb.com
to subscribers with MSN-related email address was being filtered by MSN as
Spam and being rejected.
The way Rootsweb handles this is that when a subscribed address bounces 3
times, it is removed.
Under normal circumstances, when you unsubscribe, you and I as listowner
each receive an email conformation to verify that is what you really wanted
to do.
These are not normal circumstances though and what is happening is this:
You, as a subscriber are simply not receiving any messages
I, as the listowner am eventually (anywhere from several hours to 3 days) am
getting a message like this
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
then a list of the addresses that have been dumped.
Yesterday, I resubbed all the addresses that had been dropped, this morning
they have been dropped again.
From the communication I have seen on the Listowner's List, MSN is
not being
very helpful. Rootsweb has contacted them and many of the subscribers
who
have been affected have also. So far, nothing has been done by MSN to
resolve this problem.
As of this morning, the situation at Rootsweb was this, they are trying to
intercept the bounces and keep the server from being so bogged down and slow
down the bounces. The downside is that there are 26,000+ mailing lists and
who knows how many MSN related email accounts.
If you have an MSN related email account, you might want to consider setting
up a secondary email account for your mailing list subscriptions with a
company like Yahoo.
You can set up a free account and you don't have to change your ISP.
In the mean time, if you stop receiving messages from Rootsweb and you
didn't unsubscribe, you need to contact me sjblackmon(a)digitalpassage.com
to see if you have been bumped. Trying to resubscribe on your own, may or
may not work.
To see what's been going on as far as messages over the past few days,
follow this link and then type in the name of the list you want to look at
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/
Susan
Listowner: Bernard, Blackmon, Boultinghouse, Branch, Bryden,
Cauthen, Cawthorne, Crackplace, Fabian, Ferrers, Gillet, Gillington,
Hammel, Hammell, Hamil, Hamill, Harway, Hollie, Ironmonger, Pope,
Procter, Riddle, Sprunt, Thresher
JSB Designs - Website Design
www.jsbdesigns.net
Whispers from the Past......
www.susanblackmon.com
Welcome to Graham, Texas - On-line
www.graham-texas.com
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