[or-roots] Rootsweb lists mesg from AOL (was favor please)

Wed Jan 28 16:10:40 PST 2004

I'll throw in my 2 bits worth.  I was on AOL for a While but now have COMCAST with which I'm very happy.

--
Bob Goodman
USAF Retired
University Place, Washington
> HI Guys,
> Bear of Very Little (Computer) Brain here.  I'm both sorry for taking so much 
> of your time, and grateful for the input.  I can't begin to explain any of 
> this, so I just copied and pasted the message  I received that prompted it all.  
> (All of you non-AOL people may have a point - and I thank you for those 
> suggestions also!)    Midge
> Subj:    Rootsweb lists - problems with AOL
> Date:   1/27/04 6:55:36 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From:   editor at historysavers.com (Cheri D)
> To: editor at historysavers.com (editor)
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I just received the following notice from AOL (several times -- once for each
> post that tried to go through the ORWasco List to you), letting me know that 
> you
> won't be receiving any more mail from Rootsweb lists, or at least not those on
> the "lists2" server, such as ORWasco. This is being sent to all of you who use
> AOL because your addresses were shown on the rejection notice, but I am 
> sending
> it to you as a "blind carbon copy" so you can't see each others' addresses 
> (for
> your privacy).
> 
> It would be great if you would forward it on to AOL, whichever address they 
> tell
> you to use for urgent email problems. After a certain number of bounced emails
> that fail to make it all the way to you, you will automatically be 
> unsubscribed
> from all Rootsweb lists that are affected by this. It might be worth your
> trouble to scream at AOL for doing this to you. It isn't the first time it has
> happened, but I'm getting tired of having to write to them every time they 
> take
> a notion to do this & it will ultimately be upset subscribers that convince 
> the
> powers that be to stop messing with your Rootsweb subscriptions. They will
> listen to you much more readily than they will listen to me, if you explain to
> them that you voluntarily subscribed to the Rootsweb lists & therefore don't
> need to be "protected" from them.
> 
> Good luck & I hope to see you all back on the list soon...
> -- 
> Cheri Dohnal -- List Mom
> 
> Author, "Columbia River Gorge: Natural Treasure on the Old Oregon Trail"
> (Arcadia Publishing)
> Get your signed copy directly from the author:
> http://www.historysavers.com/publications.html
> 
> ==============================================
> 
> This is a MIME-encapsulated message
> 
> --i0S1sv8Q024421.1075255375/lists2.rootsweb.com
> 
> The original message was received at Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:54:57 -0700
> from slist at localhost
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <list of addresses, each followed by:>
>     (reason: 554-(RLY:B1)  The information presently available to AOL 
> indicates
> this)
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to mailin-01.mx.aol.com.:
> <<< 554-(RLY:B1)  The information presently available to AOL indicates this
> <<< 554-server is generating high volumes of member complaints from AOL's
> <<< 554-member base.  Based on AOL's Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at
> <<< 554-http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL may not accept further
> <<< 554-e-mail transactions from this server or domain.  For more information,
> <<< 554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.
> ... while talking to mailin-02.mx.aol.com.:
> >>> QUIT
> <<< 554-(RLY:B1)  The information presently available to AOL indicates this
> <<< 554-server is generating high volumes of member complaints from AOL's
> <<< 554-member base.  Based on AOL's Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at
> <<< 554-http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL may not accept further
> <<< 554-e-mail transactions from this server or domain.  For more information,
> <<< 554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.
> ... while talking to mailin-04.mx.aol.com.:
> >>> QUIT
> <<< 554-(RLY:B1)  The information presently available to AOL indicates this
> <<< 554-server is generating high volumes of member complaints from AOL's
> <<< 554-member base.  Based on AOL's Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at
> <<< 554-http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL may not accept further
> <<< 554-e-mail transactions from this server or domain.  For more information,
> <<< 554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.
> ... while talking to mailin-03.mx.aol.com.:
> >>> QUIT
> <<< 554-(RLY:B1)  The information presently available to AOL indicates this
> <<< 554-server is generating high volumes of member complaints from AOL's
> <<< 554-member base.  Based on AOL's Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at
> <<< 554-http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL may not accept further
> <<< 554-e-mail transactions from this server or domain.  For more information,
> <<< 554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.
> 
> --i0S1sv8Q024421.1075255375/lists2.rootsweb.com
> Content-Type: message/delivery-status
> 
> Reporting-MTA: dns; lists2.rootsweb.com
> Arrival-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:54:57 -0700
> 
> Final-Recipient: RFC822; [your address here]
> Action: failed
> Status: 5.5.0
> Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 554-(RLY:B1)  The information presently available to 
> AOL
> indicates this
> Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:55:00 -0700
> 
> 
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> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:56:23 -0800
> From: Cheri D <editor at historysavers.com>
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> Subject: Rootsweb lists - problems with AOL
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