It seems that AOL has updated their spam blocking so it automatically
(but temporarily) blacklists IP addresses when a spam email is detected.
Problem with this is that if any AOL user clicks on one of the list
emails and indicates it's spam (accidentally or otherwise), then the
Tigers list gets blocked for all AOL users. Moreover, now the list
emails for all the AOL users will get bounced back to the autox mail
server. When the autox mail server detects an inordinate number of
bouncebacks from a particular subscriber, that subscriber will get
deleted from the list. This can all happen silently and unless someone
checks over list logs to do a post-mortem, no one will really know what
happened except that the AOL users are hung out to dry.
Cheers,
Theo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steve Laifman
> Sent: July 27, 2009 1:58 PM
> To: Tiger's Den
> Subject: [Tigers] Tiger List, AOL, and loss of Tiger List connectivity
>
> Tigers,
>
> More than a few list members have lost connection to the Tiger List.
>
> The thing they all had in common was the use of AOL as the
> internet provider.
>
> I sent them a list of things to try, and one recommendation worked.
>
> I sent them a web address to try, and they signed in again -
> using their original email address and password.
>
> It worked, and they can get the list posts.
>
> Here is the link:
>
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/tigers
>
> Strangely enough, their messages got through, but they could
> not receive their messages, or anyone else's.
>
> Steve
>
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> <http://www.TigersUnited.com>
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