At 7:09 PM -0500 5/26/2000, Winship wrote:
>I thought all sites were required to to maintain the
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>designation.  So why do I get an "unknown" for
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>   ?

Back on February 4, 2000, I wrote <[log in to unmask]> and received
the message below. I never read the FAQ, as I was reporting abuse,
but perhaps it will answer your question. The message follows,
nothing else from me except my sig at the end (uninteresting headers
removed)--Byron:

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:32:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Postmaster <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Postmaster Mail Receipt Notification

Dear Internet Correspondent:

Thank you for writing with your question, concern or comment. You are
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We hope that the AOL Postmaster FAQ will address some of the other issues
that you may have written to us about.  The AOL Postmaster FAQ can be
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Reports of Member abuse should be sent directly to [log in to unmask] All
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