dorrie
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posted on January 9, 2004 06:09:28 PM new
I am having a problem with my buyers not receiving their e-mails if they have an aol e-mail address. One person said that she could see my e-mail in a folder but could not access it. Could be a spam blocker problem? anyone else experiencing this problem?
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nanntique
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posted on January 9, 2004 06:20:59 PM new
Yes, from time to time, I have had problems communicating with AOL users.
I have a non std email account '@flash.net', and I think sometimes my emails are treated like spam.
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fenix03
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posted on January 9, 2004 06:28:11 PM new
My Aol has been getting buggy and there are times that although I can open mail, when I do it is blank. All I have to do is sign off and sign bacck on and it's back but if your customer tries to open the mail finds it blank and does not save as new and reset then the mail is going to be in their read mail file and so out of sight, out mind.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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fenix03
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posted on January 9, 2004 06:30:33 PM new
BTW -AOL mail is also more likely to bounce mail in html format as Spam that plain text format. If your mail bounces it tells you in the notification why it bounced, including thhe occasional "appears to be spam"
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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ebayvet
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posted on January 9, 2004 07:34:20 PM new
yeah, blame AOL spam block. Gotta give them credit, they say they are protecting you, what they are doing is not allowing you to read legitimate mail. I've had to change servers for my WBN email, fortunately I have the technical savy to stay ahead of the curve - I feel for those who have problems like this.
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jewelry21
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posted on January 9, 2004 09:11:31 PM new
Are you all talking about AO He-l They should be banned from the internet for good.
Buyer's using AOL never get my vendio WBN's
I have to send them a notice from my regular email. Why anyone in there right mind would use AOL I will never understand. It must be the free coasters they send everyone and the neat little cans. And My Dog loves to play frizbee with the disk. And I love to stomp on then 
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neroter12
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posted on January 9, 2004 09:42:26 PM new
I've had AOL for years and I like it. Dont ask me why, but I do. They have made that software the most simpliest easy thing to use for newbies to the internet. I have another ISP, but keep that account ::shrug:: I started there when it was the only service that you didnt have to know how to create a dun to get on. Guess it became familar.
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alwaysfun
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posted on January 10, 2004 05:52:04 AM new
AOL is the absolute worst for blocking emails that they have absolutely no right to block. I talked to my paypal rep the other day and was chatting and this whole AOL bulls*it came up and he told me they even have problems with AOL... that notices, etc they send to their customers are blocked. What irks me the most, is that even tho' I put in my auctions that if you don't get your email to check your spam folker or bulk mail folder and 90% of AOL users still email me blaming me.. my emails are automatic (no HTML is used) and they get all bitchy. It is ridiculous. Once in a while, they admit it was there. Yahoo and Hotmail and MSN are bad but AOL is a nightmare and I agree, they should not be allowed to be so idiotic about blocking emails.
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fenix03
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posted on January 10, 2004 11:19:31 AM new
I do have one thing to add here. I buy probably 10-15 items a month from ebay and I sell 100's of items on ebay, I have never not received a notice from a seller, I have never not recieved a notice from PayPal, I get all of the EOA notices from ebay, I get copies of the form letters that are sent out by Auctionworks and I recieve EOA notices sent out by sellers using Vendio.
Now I seriously doubt that I am somehow considered special and AOL has decided not to filter my mail. Ever consider that your bidders are lying?
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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stonecold613
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posted on January 10, 2004 12:36:33 PM new
No fenix the fool,
Aol is a huge problem. I send all me WBN's from my e-mail. I would say about 20% of the AOL comeback stating that they will not put it through because it appears to be spam. And I still don't understand why anyone in their right mind keeps them. How many times have you gotten kicked off line by AOL today? Yes, I have friends still on it and they are still getting kicked off. I keep telling them to dump AOL. I use highstream and never get kicked off. And it is more than 70% cheaper the AOL.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on January 10, 2004 12:46:54 PM new
fenix: I would agree with you about some non-received mail being due to bidder prevarication and even some due to user incompetence, but AOL has been caught in the act blocking email from other ISPs.
It is a distinctly anticompetitive action and may land them in federal court some day. I am hoping.
http://www.unspam.com/fight_spam/articles/888.html?ses=mgUye-RE4EHLN06Z-Yy9vIPeK_YdH9lzWczghHpG
http://www.capeeconomy.com/spring2001/spam_0401.shtml
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2003/08/11/daily14.html
In that last article it mentions that CompuServe was found to block 31% and AOL 25%. AOL owns CompuServe now. That makes AOL by *far* the biggest offender in terms of blocking legitimate email.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on January 10, 2004 12:49:21 PM new
What irks me the most, is that even tho' I put in my auctions that if you don't get your email to check your spam folker or bulk mail folder and 90% of AOL users still email me blaming me.. my emails are automatic (no HTML is used) and they get all bitchy. It is ridiculous. Once in a while, they admit it was there.
But very rarely, in my experience.
Most AOL users don't know about spam filtering, don't want to know and will blame the nearest available target, the seller, if mail doesn't plop itself down on their desktop.
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fenix03
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posted on January 10, 2004 01:39:44 PM new
Stone - my darling impretuous little pup - AOL does not kick me off - I haven't had dial up service for at least five years. I use it exclusively for the email convience - 7 account that I do not have to sign in to seperatly to find out if there is new mail.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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