For those still curious about what happened to aol last week:

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Date sent:              Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:41:49 -0500 (EST)
From:                   AOL Postmaster Aimee Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization:           "America Online, Inc."

<<snip quote from my email to her about this>>

On Thursday evening, a very small percentage of e-mail messages sent from
the Internet to AOL users were returned to the sender due to a software
problem. The problem was quickly corrected.  If you received a "return to
sender" message, please re-transmit your e-mail.  We apologize for any
inconvenience.

Thanks for writing,

Aimee Palmer
Postmaster
America Online, Inc.
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