[GreenKeys] Problems with AOL and 'bulk mail' situations

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Strange thing is that I am subscribed to about half a dozen different 
QTH.net lists, some of which have as high a traffic count as Greenkeys.  But 
Greenkeys is the only one that I ever get the bounce warning message from.  Got 
one yesterday, in fact.  

Robert  Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 06/18/2013 16:13:09 PM Central Daylight Time, 
wd9itr at arrl.net writes: 
> I found this that explains AOL and others:  http://bit.ly/11woBuX
> 
> Similar issue with Gmail:   http://bit.ly/11MPx9D
> 
> 
> -Dave
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:49 PM, <gil at baudot.net> wrote:
> >> Hey Ralph:
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, it's a bummer that aol is so screwy.  Luckily I don't have to jump 
>> through hoops like you did, I can only say "oh well, not much I can do," 
>> and leave it up to the users to deal with it (like, get a friendlier isp).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I can re-enable bounce-disabled accounts (which takes a while) over and 
>> over, and I have set bounce trigger limits to max, but other than that I 
>> have no control over how mailman deals with the issue.
>>  
>> 
>> Surprisingly, it just does not seem to be an issue with other ISPs.  Ya 
>> know, my credit card companies "learn" my habits so they can spot unusual 
>> activity...
>> 
>> 
>> You would think that aol would know that after a user has been getting 
>> daily email from greenkeys (for months or years or a decade, sheesh), that 
>> it is ok to whitelist greenkeys and not piss off their users.  Just silly 
>> programming by inexperienced software types, I suppose.
>>  
>> 
>> gil
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> gil smith
>> greenkeys moderator
>> gil at baudot.net
>> 
>> 
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