I'm confused.. if you keep them from posting or receiving to/from the
list.. might as well delete them?  why not just moderate.. the recent
spam and phishing emails are easy to spot when they attempt to go
through lists.


On 5/3/14, Larry Finch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> So I've blocked all my subscribers from posting from AOL or Yahoo
>> accounts. Many have changed to other accounts; many others have not, so I
>> guess they're lurkers who never post.
>>
>> Any advice?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>
> The problem is abuse of DMARC by Yahoo and AOL (I know, that may be
> flamebait, but it’s the way it is). There is a listserv workaround for the
> problem (it is a workaround, not a fix; there is no fix that would preserve
> the traditional use of mailing lists). Essentially AOL and Yahoo users
> cannot be allowed to post to a list unless the listserv installation is
> updated to the latest point release of listserv v16. If your site is still
> on 14 it is probably out of support, so updating would be very expensive.
>
> While you can deal with the phishing warnings by telling your list members
> to accept the posts a few times, and to check the gmail spam folder and mark
> any list messages as Not Spam, that won’t help your Hotmail, Comcast,
> Rogers, SBCGlobal, AT&T, Yahoo, AOL and a few other ISPs that are blocking
> mail from Yahoo and AOL list subscribers totally.
>
> The lists that we host on v14 have the same problem; our solution is to set
> all of the AOL and Yahoo users to REVIEW, then have moderators forward the
> message from accounts hosted on our site. And also ask the AOL and Yahoo
> members to get gmail (or other) accounts.
>
> best regards,
> Larry
> Site manager, HMSSurprise.org / portadmiral.org
>
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> Larry Finch
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