This has been a common problem with AOL's delivery of list-based mail since even before Steve Case vocally pretended to care about kids' safety online. I've never seen a clear explanation of what you term spotty delivery, nor do I expect one. It may have something to do with queues getting jammed up and some mail getting held and released at off-peak times while other mail goes right through to final delivery, but I'm not certain. It may have something to do with the service's spam-filtering heuristic (please don't laugh) or both of these. Or maybe neither. Perhaps it's sunspots. Yeah, that's the ticket. Dave Phillips ---------- >From: "Thaxton, Dennis" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Spotty AOL Distribution >Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2000, 4:54 PM > > 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. > Suggestions???