At 12:35 09/19/2003 Friday, Dave Simon wrote: > >Sure, one can try to get AOL to change. However, we chose to deal with the >problem differently when it became apparent that many of our AOL >subscribers were not getting our messages. We contacted LSoft and they >stated that they knew of the problems. The suggested that we add a >"Mail-Via= Direct" to our lists (all 800!) to bypass use of the LISTSERV >backbone (an obsolete architecture?) which would reduce the likelihood of >AOL considering our messages spam. LSoft also suggested setting up a >specific SMTP route in LSMTP for AOL with relatively low number of >recipients and connections. These actions solved our problems. However, >we were disappointed that LSoft did not proactively mention the problem and >its solution to its customers. I don't consider the LISTSERV Distribute Backbone an obsolete architecture (and it was unclear to me what that had to do with this particular problem), nor do I consider Mal-Via= Direct as a solution, but a by-pass of a design flaw in AOL blocking strategies. Pete