[3830] For AOL subscribers to 3830

[Michael Dinkelman]

We have been having some issues where some people have not been getting
mail after major tests. The note from Dave below is may help explain some 

of the issue. However, I expect the only solutions maybe to:
1) live with it (and the possibility that you may need to resubscribe occasionally)
2) move to digest mode (one email a day - maybe a really BIG email)
3) get another generic email address(gmail/yahoo/hotmail) that you dedicate to contesting.com lists
4) maybe a forwarding address (like @arrl.net that redirects to your aol address) would work 

btw, all the @contesting.com list are experiencing this problem


Please do not respond to the list. This list is only for score posting.

cheers
dink, n7wa
3830 moderator



----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Dave Pascoe <davekm3t at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Not sure why it was bouncing.....
 
I am one of the (long time) admins of this system.  The issue has been all
AOL.  They look at email volume, among other things, and the surge of email
around this time of year tripped one of their email volume tripwires.
They're not very sophisticated, as evidenced by the fact that we have no
issues with other domains.  We have gone around and around with their
(outsourced) Postmaster team, and it has taken over a week to get any kind
of response from them.  This has been going on, on and off, for years.
What adds to the issue is that certain (subscribed) AOL users choose to
hit their "This is Spam" button from time to time on posts that are
perfectly legitimate - they presumably do this because they are all upset
that they have to read yet another email on a list that *they* subscribed
to - that doesn't help either.

If you want my professional advice, ditch AOL for your email list activity
and get a real email account from a serious email provider, like Gmail
- keep AOL for your personal activity if you don't feel like telling the
world that your email changed.   Your view and desires as a user may
differ, and you may suffer accordingly.  We have done and continue to do
everything that we can technically on our end to run a reputable server and
comply with all applicable internet and email standards, and we have done
so since the early 1990's.

73,
Dave KM3T
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Topband reflector - topband at contesting.com