Re: Bounced email.

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> AOL isnt the only ones doing that.  As people crack down tighter and
> tighter on the SPAM issue, a lot of them unwittingly also close off
> legitimate sources.  (I know we do!)  We dont block class C's, we
> block the entire class B.  This cuts down the Spam from hundreds a day
> to a bare trickle of one or two each day.
>
> However, it seems that some bigger companies including AOL and Apple
> have had this problem of blocking legitimate people on a large scale
> (we were the victum of the Apple blockage).  But they do fix it.  In
> our case it took waiting a weekend, calling Apple and being on the
> phone for 2 hours but they did fix it.  If you have the paitience to
> deal with the companies, then I say, call them and complain directly.
> If you dont, they dont know oyu have the problem.

That makes a lot of sense. I mean a very large closed web site
such as AOL must have serious problems in that area. I know
that when I did some testing and security work for them in the
early days it was tough keeping out some of the major hackers.
I thought about calling them but I'm afraid that they may be blocking
some on an individual basis too. I mean they gave me 3 extra free
periods and when it came down to I had to start paying I cancelled,
and they may simply be blocking people on that basis. I would
hate to think that in the USA that could happen, but I've seen more
strange things than that on the internet. Anyway, I will call if it
goes on for too long.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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