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Curtis · 02-15-2007, 09:49 PM

I believe what Marc was referring to was AOL bouncing the mail as it arrived at the AOL server, without it ever getting near your accounts. Years ago (and maybe still, for all I know) Earthlink had a similar policy. As a service to their customers, they keep (kept) a list of 'notorious' spammers, and any mail addressed to any '@aol.com' location that originated from these spammers would either be bounced back or vaporized. Your settings would have absolutely no effect upon that… if that is in fact what Marc's talking about.

How do you get to be 'notorious'? Different providers used differing criteria. For some it would be any originator who had a formal complaint (or complaints from three seperate customers, or whatever number) lodged against them. Some providers would 'blackball' you if a thousand (or some other number of) e-mails entered their system from one origination point within 24 hours. Others had still different ways to ferret out these fiends.

I cry a shame upon you, Marc Duffy! Shame! Shame!!!

02-15-2007, 09:49 PM	#39
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,567	I believe what Marc was referring to was AOL bouncing the mail as it arrived at the AOL server, without it ever getting near your accounts. Years ago (and maybe still, for all I know) Earthlink had a similar policy. As a service to their customers, they keep (kept) a list of 'notorious' spammers, and any mail addressed to any '@aol.com' location that originated from these spammers would either be bounced back or vaporized. Your settings would have absolutely no effect upon that… if that is in fact what Marc's talking about. How do you get to be 'notorious'? Different providers used differing criteria. For some it would be any originator who had a formal complaint (or complaints from three seperate customers, or whatever number) lodged against them. Some providers would 'blackball' you if a thousand (or some other number of) e-mails entered their system from one origination point within 24 hours. Others had still different ways to ferret out these fiends. I cry a shame upon you, Marc Duffy! Shame! Shame!!!