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E-mail glitches hit some AOL list members

By <A HREF= " mailto:gwendolynm@... " >Gwendolyn no</A>

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

July 23, 2001, 5:15 p.m. PT

America Online subscribers who are on Yahoo Groups lists are experiencing

glitches and have not received any e-mail from the lists since last week.

AOL

said Monday that the problem arose late last week when Yahoo did not notify

AOL that it had changed its <A

HREF= " http://cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/Terms/ipaddress.html " >IP

addresses</A> on some of its servers, including

those that have the Yahoo Groups e-mails. Because AOL was not notified, the

company's servers identified the mail coming from Yahoo as spam, or unwanted

junk e-mail. " This has caused AOL users who are subscribers to Yahoo Groups

to miss three to four days worth of e-mails, " Neill Jr., a publisher

and moderator of 80 Yahoo Groups, wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com.

" Timely delivery of messages is of importance for many types of lists on

Yahoo Groups, (such as) business and professional lists where contacts and

information can result in lost business if information is delayed. " AOL said

it has a filtering system in place to protect its subscribers against large

volumes of spam coming from servers that the company is not familiar with.

AOL said it works with companies such as Yahoo that deliver large volumes of

e-mail to make sure their servers are " white listed, " or given permission to

send mail to AOL members. " We're working quickly with Yahoo to address the

issue and expect it to be resolved in the very near future, " said AOL

spokesman Weinstein. Yahoo said it did not know about AOL's " white

list, " but as soon as it did, it began working on the problem with AOL. " We

worked very quickly with AOL, and the issue should be resolved in the very

near future, " said a Yahoo representative. The representative said Yahoo had

changed the servers' IP addresses as part of routine maintenance. Yahoo and

AOL representatives said they did not know how many people were affected.

The

problem comes as Internet service providers continue to combat spam but are

faced with critical hurdles such as mistakenly filtering wanted e-mail. Last

week, Microsoft <A

HREF= " http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1971.html " >upgraded</A> its

Hotmail service with a new filtering system

aimed at wiping out annoying junk mail. Last year, AOL's computers <A

HREF= " http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1514.html " >mistakenly</A>

identified Topica mailings as unsolicited bulk e-mail. Yahoo Groups is a

free

service that allows people to interact with one another through a Web site

and e-mail group. Yahoo said its service is advertiser-supported and is

partially sponsored by advertisements inserted into the e-mail messages

people receive.

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Ah yes.. only AOL blocks my newsgroup subscriptions yet cannot prevent

the unending sexually oriented website spamming....

> Messages from Yahoogroups. Just an FYI..

> Hope it helps..

> Love

>

>

> E-mail glitches hit some AOL list members

> By <A HREF= " mailto:gwendolynm@c... " >Gwendolyn no</A>

> Staff Writer, CNET News.com

> July 23, 2001, 5:15 p.m. PT

> America Online subscribers who are on Yahoo Groups lists are

experiencing

> glitches and have not received any e-mail from the lists since last

week.

> AOL

> said Monday that the problem arose late last week when Yahoo did not

notify

> AOL that it had changed its <A

>

HREF= " http://cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/Terms/ipaddress.html " >IP

> addresses</A> on some of its servers, including

> those that have the Yahoo Groups e-mails. Because AOL was not

notified, the

> company's servers identified the mail coming from Yahoo as spam, or

unwanted

> junk e-mail. " This has caused AOL users who are subscribers to Yahoo

Groups

> to miss three to four days worth of e-mails, " Neill Jr., a

publisher

> and moderator of 80 Yahoo Groups, wrote in an e-mail to CNET

News.com.

> " Timely delivery of messages is of importance for many types of

lists on

> Yahoo Groups, (such as) business and professional lists where

contacts and

> information can result in lost business if information is delayed. "

AOL said

> it has a filtering system in place to protect its subscribers

against large

> volumes of spam coming from servers that the company is not familiar

with.

> AOL said it works with companies such as Yahoo that deliver large

volumes of

> e-mail to make sure their servers are " white listed, " or given

permission to

> send mail to AOL members. " We're working quickly with Yahoo to

address the

> issue and expect it to be resolved in the very near future, " said

AOL

> spokesman Weinstein. Yahoo said it did not know about AOL's

" white

> list, " but as soon as it did, it began working on the problem with

AOL. " We

> worked very quickly with AOL, and the issue should be resolved in

the very

> near future, " said a Yahoo representative. The representative said

Yahoo had

> changed the servers' IP addresses as part of routine maintenance.

Yahoo and

> AOL representatives said they did not know how many people were

affected.

> The

> problem comes as Internet service providers continue to combat spam

but are

> faced with critical hurdles such as mistakenly filtering wanted

e-mail. Last

> week, Microsoft <A

>

HREF= " http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1971.html " >upgraded</A>

its

> Hotmail service with a new filtering system

> aimed at wiping out annoying junk mail. Last year, AOL's computers

<A

>

HREF= " http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1514.html " >mistakenly</A

>

> identified Topica mailings as unsolicited bulk e-mail. Yahoo Groups

is a

> free

> service that allows people to interact with one another through a

Web site

> and e-mail group. Yahoo said its service is advertiser-supported and

is

> partially sponsored by advertisements inserted into the e-mail

messages

> people receive.