On Jul 7, 4:54pm, "Thaxton, Dennis" wrote:
} I've been receiving reports from AOL subscribers for about two
} months now that their receipt of our weekly list is either spotty or totally
} nonexistent. I selected a random sampling of about 25% of our AOL
} subscribers, announced the potential problem and requested an email from
} those subscribers not receiving the subscription to their AOL account.
} While the majority reporting thus far have reported delivery problems, I
} have received a few messages stating that they aren't having any delivery
} problems at all, which I find strange. I would have expected an all or
} nothing response. Other than the idea that some AOL user's mail controls
} are actually blocking receipt, are there any other reasons why delivery
} might make it to some AOL users and not others? Someone suggested I contact
} AOL directly and have our list added to the "approved newsletters" list, but
} I would think this would only be a problem if no one were receiving it.
This is only a WAG, but the "approved newsletter list" might be a help.
AOL has long been known to give AOL->AOL mail a priority over
internet->AOL mail, and the list might get it a better priority shot.
Of course, you could suggest that they get a "real" ISP.
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