problems with AOL/a

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FROM the LI list:

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:31:04 -0400, " webmistress "

webmistress@...> said:

> Hi All,

>

> I've had a number of problems sending mail to people on AOL in the

> last few days, as well as more than a few friends telling me they are

> having problems with their mail - and not all of them with AOL as

> their service provider. There has been a spate of new worms that

> have been released recently, and some of them have shut down networks

> and gummed up email servers. I've noticed that whenever there is a

> bad new computer bug (or several bad new computer bugs), we sometimes

> get a glitch on the list where mail bounces and some individuals have

> problems. It seems to have cleared up, so we'll just keep out

> fingers crossed. When I send queries to the system, it answers, so I

> think it is an external issue, but one that was effecting a lot of

> people, and not just on the list. In other words, there's nothing

> wrong with the listserv, but rather, with many peoples' mail servers

> being overloaded and so mail not reaching the listserv server.

>

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for the info. It's still not fixed. AOL and yahoo both say

my settings are all good. I have a virus scan software but maybe it

didn't catch something. I'm at a standstill now.

a H.

> FROM the LI list:

> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:31:04 -0400, " webmistress "

> said:

> > Hi All,

> >

> > I've had a number of problems sending mail to people on AOL in

the

> > last few days, as well as more than a few friends telling me they

are

> > having problems with their mail - and not all of them with AOL

as

> > their service provider. There has been a spate of new worms

that

> > have been released recently, and some of them have shut down

networks

> > and gummed up email servers. I've noticed that whenever there is

a

> > bad new computer bug (or several bad new computer bugs), we

sometimes

> > get a glitch on the list where mail bounces and some individuals

have

> > problems. It seems to have cleared up, so we'll just keep out

> > fingers crossed. When I send queries to the system, it answers,

so I

> > think it is an external issue, but one that was effecting a lot

of

> > people, and not just on the list. In other words, there's

nothing

> > wrong with the listserv, but rather, with many peoples' mail

servers

> > being overloaded and so mail not reaching the listserv server.

> >

>