[Mailman-Users] AOL Issues

[Brad Knowles]

At 7:22 AM -0800 2005-03-23, Heather Madrone wrote:

>>            I read a article you posted on a website about aol and
>>bouncing email due 554 error....could you tell me if you have heard
>>any information on this or what causes the problem
>
>  Hoo boy, would I like a good answer to this question!  I hear that the
>  button to report mail as spam is right next to the delete key and that
>  AOL encourages people to report unwanted email as spam.  So, when
>  a person gets tired of receiving mail from a mailing list, they can just
>  report it as spam and it goes away.

	Speaking as the former Sr. Internet Administrator for AOL, I 
don't think that there will ever be a good answer to this question. 
See 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.042.htp> 
for some more info.

-- 
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