posted on April 25, 2002 10:32:29 AM new
Through the years I have had problems sending e-mails to buyers who use AOL. My e-mails are semi canned in that is same email with data changed. It seems that if there is a problem it is nearly always AOL. It seems to be only about 10-15% of AOL users but causes a lot of grief for me and my buyer who usually thinks is all my fault. I suspect a Spam screen either at ISP level or user level. Do other sellers have this problem? What did you do to correct it?
posted on April 25, 2002 12:28:02 PM new
i have been an AOL user for many years,i am not aware AOL blocking spam at its level,usually it is at the account /email addr level.
AOL may be one of the more efficient and reliable system around,just my personal opinion.
i am online every day.
one can have 7 email addr on one account so some of us do not check emails often sent to some of these addrs.
posted on April 25, 2002 03:44:45 PM new
I've had problems with email to AOL users also,
I use Sellers Assistant, and they have their 'automated' semi canned end of auction notices... like dacreson I probably have about 15% or so that don't respond at all from an AOL addy. I thought it might be because a lot of AOL users use capitol letters in their email address, and my program gives me all lower case?
posted on April 25, 2002 04:18:26 PM new
didn't aol admit a few months ago that about 15% of the email they receive from outside of their network goes undelivered? (100% of in network mail is delivered)
not entirely certain, could have been a dream/nightmare...
posted on April 25, 2002 05:11:16 PM new
Every AOL user has the option of selecting a variety of filters on their incoming email. It's easy for a person to forget what their settings are. The biggest problem is that AOL will block an entire domain if they detect an excessive amount of spam originating from that domain.AOL has their own definition of "excessive", and it can change from day to day. I am an AOL user and run into blocked domains periodically. I have an alternate Yahoo account which I use to re-send any EOA that I don't get a response to through AOL. If your domain is blocked by AOL, your email will NOT bounce back. It will simply be deleted at the AOL servers. If you don't receive a timely response from an AOL user, resend it from Yahoo or Hotmail.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on April 25, 2002 05:17:02 PM new
aol performance has deteriorated in the last few days,may be it is in line with the 50 billion dollars loss they just disclosed.
system will freeze ,cache problem,unable to send mail,so if you try again,it went thru.sometimes it will sign off by itself.
