On Tue, 30 May James Bryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Is there anyway to deal with the numerous amount of error messages, to a > mailing list, generated from America Online? I generally just slog through them and delete every subscriber that has an error. Our members are well aware of the facilities to manage their mailbox, and those who cannot really don't need to be on my lists (one of which commonly generates 200+ pieces of mail a day). For those not familiar with AOL's mail system, members can have up to 550 pieces of e-mail stored on AOL's server before a 551 Mailbox full error is generated. Both Mac and Windows clients can use "Flashsessions" to periodically retrieve all unread mail from the AOL host machine to their local PC, and we encourage members to do so - particularly when participating in mailing lists. FWIW, we also try to work with list owners whose lists have high traffic, lots of AOL users or both, to provide local USENET echoes of the list. These local echoes are accessible only by AOL users and, if the list is run on Revised LISTSERV, the list owner can protect against unwanted posts in the usual fashion (by only allowing posts by subscribers). If you'd like to explore this option, please send me e-mail. I understand that the mail system programmers are adding in code to limit some of the bounce messages sent to mailing list owners, but they have been delayed by other concerns (such as the ever-increasing volume of Internet mail handled by our gateways). -- __ David B. O'Donnell ([log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]) \/ AOL Internet Feedback/Response/Information Team Manager Tel. +1 703/556-3725 - FAX +1 703/883-1514 - "The spam stops here." Belief-L, GLB-News, SoftRevu List Owner/Editor