[Magdalen] Sunday Morning Test

[Charles Wohlers]

One illustration of Brian's comments:

I'm also administrator of a small list on Charles Smith's servers. Once upon 
a time one of the AOL folks on the list couldn't figure out how to 
unsubscribe, so s/he simply told AOL that the list was spam, which solved 
the problem for her. However, since AOL now recognized that this particular 
list was spam, it decided that all messages coming out of Charles Smith's 
servers were also spam and would be blocked. Charles was not amused, and all 
AOL users were permanently banned from that list - all because of one idiot 
user and idiotic AOL policies.

Just one reason why internet techs hate AOL with a passion.

Chad Wohlers
East Bridgewater, MA   USA
chadwohl at satucket.com
cwohlers at bridgew.edu


-----Original Message----- 
From: Brian Reid
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 3:50 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Sunday Morning Test

Just re-read my message. AOL might be a convenient choice for you, as an end 
user, but (as the sign says) there are consequences of every choice. AOL 
users cause a lot of extra work for computer system administrators. I'm glad 
that you like AOL, but it is important that you understand that by choosing 
AOL and by using AOL to participate in email communities, you are increasing 
the workload and aggravation load of the technicians who build and operate 
those communities.

Most serious technical and professional discussion groups deal with the 
problem by not permitting aol.com subscriptions.

Just be aware that by choosing AOL for your email you are making various 
things more difficult for people you've never met and whose names you do not 
know. Know the consequences of your choice.