List owners
Postmaster at AOL
 
To me, it looks that AOL  users  will have problems in my conference
if the provider DOES NOT take any measures to AVOID the HUGE  number
of bounces due to:
 
    1. disk quota exceeded;
    2. unknown user;
    3. users who do not check in;
    4. users who do not pay their fees.
 
In  my  view,  AOL (and other .com providers, but mainly AOL) should
have some kind  of  routine  to  send  automatic SIGNOFF commands to
lists to which the above user categories match in.
 
As a matter of fact, I am somehow disgusted  (yes,  disgusted)  with
the  relative  frequency  of  such  technical TROUBLE most AOL users
create in the conference I manage.
 
Factually, I allow AOL subscribers into the conference because a few
of them are retired academics and scientists who like to be in touch
and keep up with research advances.
 
This is not my problem.   It  is  an all-out listowner's problem and
whether you like it or not, as you profit from the services  offered
by  tax  money  and  our hard work to keep those services going, you
(AOL) should solve the mess your company stands for.
 
Finally, a question: Why does  this  never happen with COMPUSERVE ?.
Perhaps they have some routine which avoid the technical mess ?.
 
    Aldo-Pier [log in to unmask]