At 08:43 PM 8/12/2004,Debie & Joe wrote:
Mari,
Actually I have been with Genweb now for 7 years and have dealt
with the mailing list issue before. I don't worry much about them when
the rejects arrive, it is when the people start using the archives and
realizing they aren't getting the mail and then e-mailing and complaining
to me that I feel it is my job to step in and try to get this fixed for them.
Agreed. I've not had any feedback as such, so.....
I guess I just feel since I am the admin for the mailing
list,
then in addition to making sure the list is used properly, it is also my
job to make sure the ones who want to get it do. My husband often tells
me I worry to much about stuff that I can't control, perhaps this is one
of those times.
Not necessarily. If there's reason, then it's our responsibility, as you
say, to investigate. I hadn't any reason to think this was any more than
the normal bounce thing that AOL goes through....
So I guess I can say I have been trenched for 7+ years
now.<VBG>
LOL yep. You be trenched! :) Didn't know, so I assumed otherwise just in
case.
Mari
Debie
At 10:39 AM 8/12/2004, you wrote:
>Debie,
>I see Tina has given you the "politically correct" answer.
>
>But, am here to tell you that periodically AOL does it's little number,
>and you'll get a rash of bounces. I've had as many as a half dozen AND
>more listed in the same bounce! (Did you mention that Debie<g>) Don't
>know what the deal is, but when this happens, I usually just close my
>eyes (figuratively speaking) and dump the thing. Eventually it
>straightens out, and you're back on even keel.
>
>For those who use AOL, this is NOT an AOL bashing. It really DOES
>happen.....and as Debie has shown, can drive a body nutz if you're not
>very long in the trenches.
>
>Mari
>
>
>At 06:08 AM 8/12/2004,Debie & Joe wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>
>> Once again it's me and I have another question for all of you.
>> Has anyone else in Wisconsin, or I guess anywhere else for that matter
>> been having problems with AOL rejecting letters back to you from your
>> county mailing lists? I don't mean for one or two AOL addresses, but 21
>> on one list and 25 on the other and 5 from the third. It is literally
>> everyone signed up to the mailing lists for Sheboygan County, Calumet
>> County and Town of Mitchell who has an AOL address.
>>
>> Starting a week or so ago, every time someone sends a message
>> to one of the mailing lists, AOL has rejected it and Rootsweb in turn
>> sends it back to me. The original part of the message states the
>> service for the AOL address is unavailable, then it lists all of the
>> AOL users addresses signed onto the mailing list. When you read down
>> further in this bounced e-mail, it states it is being rejected due to
>> bulk spam e-mail being sent from this address.
>>
>> I am not sure what is going on, but I archive all of my mailing
>> lists and I even went and double checked that the list wasn't being
>> used as a spam type thing without my knowing. All of the letters in the
>> archive are normal, genealogy related letters, I hadn't missed any form
>> of spamming going on, yet AOL is not allowing the mailing list to come
>> through to it's users.
>>
>> Now several of the AOL users had started to complain because
>> they had posted to the mailing list and never saw their letter hitting
>> the list. While others just thought the mailing list was just silent. I
>> did contact all of the users that were shown to be rejected on the
>> rejection e-mail and it turns out several of them can't even remember
>> the last time they received anything from the mailing list.
>>
>> As solutions we have tried the following, they tried adding the
>> mailing list address to their address book, which AOL says will allow
>> for mail from that address to come through, they have also tried
>> contacting AOL themselves. I have tried contacting AOL and since I
>> don't own the host for the mailing list, they told me there isn't
>> anything I can do. I did send a letter to Rootsweb, but haven't heard
>> back from them yet.
>>
>> Is anyone else having the same problem or have you had the same
>> problem perhaps in the past and how have you fixed it, if you fixed it?
>>
>> Any ideas would be appreciated,
>>
>> Debie Blindauer
>>
>> Calumet & Sheboygan Counties
>>
>>
>>
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