On Mon, 17 May 2004, Ben Parker wrote: > Whatever their reason is, the result is that they (falsely) report this > Scouting mail as spam, which causes AOL to block my server. I have discovered I sympathize with your situation as we had someone reporting as spam legitimate mail on one of our lists simply because the person didn't like the other poster -- but he reported it to spamcop. Their policy, unlike AOL, is full disclosure of the e-mail and headers, so we knew who it was and eventually ended up deleting them and serving them off. I think in your situation (if you are beyond this point already, then option A might be best), I would send a notice to the entire mailing list (for the benefit of everyone), explaining the problem just as you did here and using a one-two or -three strikes and AOL subscribers are gone as you can't continue to run the list with this happening. Then follow through in 1, 2, or 3 strikes, with a final notice to all AOL subscribers giving them a date when all AOL addresses will be deleted and providing alternatives for changing their e-mail address and/or how to get back on the list with a different e-mail address. I think if I wanted to be on a mailing list badly enough, and I didn't want to miss postings, I'd go get a free e-mail account someplace and change my address anyway. Mmm...I wonder if folks on lstown-l might have more ideas for you -- not sure. --Trish ---- Trish Forrest, Queen's University