AOL is still upgrading and bouncing all of us. I subscribe to my lists from 3 servers, but only aol made it on to the daily error monitoring report. Then, to add insult to injury, it informed us that my co-listowner is unknown at AOL. I've stopped reacting to AOL errors temporarily. GrannyBarb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GrannyBarb Lackritz, Leukemia survivor, email: [log in to unmask] List Manager CLL, email: [log in to unmask] List Manager HEM-ONC: [log in to unmask] http://www.acor.org/diseases/hematology/Leukemia/leukemia.html ----------------- On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Automatic digest processor wrote: > There are 5 messages totalling 128 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. AOL having problems again (still)? (2) > 2. Usenet gateway (3) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:02:53 EDT > From: Elliott Parker <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: AOL having problems again (still)? > > I just got a few hundred addresses bounced from AOL with the error > "421 service not available" > Does anybody have any idea what this means? I did get a note > from AOL a few days ago saying they would probably be bouncing mail > while upgrading some mail servers. Can I assume they are still > in process? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Elliott Parker [log in to unmask] > List Owner, FOODWINE and CARR-L [log in to unmask] > Department of Journalism > Central Michigan University > Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 USA > Office tele: +1 517 774 3196 <URL:mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 09:11:37 -0500 > From: Anne H Toal <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Usenet gateway > > What is the procedure one must go through to have AUVM remove a list from > the ones they gate to usenet? And if the list members change their minds > and want to resume gated operation, will AUVM be disinclined to restore it > in the future? > > -aht > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:51:48 -0400 > From: Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Usenet gateway > > The gatewaying from your list to the AMERICAN facilities can be directly > controlled by you. You can either unsubscribe to SET NOMAIL the > NETEWS@americanhost subscriber. > > Vice versa would require more coordination esp. if your list is SEND=PUBLIC. > > At 09:11 10/17/97 -0500, you wrote: > |What is the procedure one must go through to have AUVM remove a list from > |the ones they gate to usenet? > -- > mailto:[log in to unmask] Tel: +1 814 863 1843 > 31 Shields Bldg; University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA > Powered by: LISTSERV, Eudora, Netscape, mIRC, FreeAgent > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 09:32:22 -0600 > From: Dan Lester <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Usenet gateway > > At 09:11 AM 10/17/97 -0500, you wrote: > >What is the procedure one must go through to have AUVM remove a list from > >the ones they gate to usenet? And if the list members change their minds > >and want to resume gated operation, will AUVM be disinclined to restore it > >in the future? > > > >-aht > > > > Simply removing the subscription will end the gateway service. I've done > this for my lists already, as the Usenet feed was just too full of spam and > stuff. One list (buslib-l, for business librarians) went from 1000 to 1400 > active subscribers within a week of when the change was made, and a few > whined, but we just couldn't handle it any more. > > However, the lists still exist in the bit.listserv.* hierarchy on many > sites, containing nothing of substance, and I'd like to get ride of THOSE > artifacts of the former lists. How do we do THAT? > > dan > > Dan Lester > [log in to unmask] > In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Erasmus, 1534 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 17:11:58 GMT > From: Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: AOL having problems again (still)? > > On Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:02:53 EDT, Elliott Parker > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >I just got a few hundred addresses bounced from AOL with the error > >"421 service not available" > > Does anybody have any idea what this means? I did get a note > >from AOL a few days ago saying they would probably be bouncing mail > >while upgrading some mail servers. Can I assume they are still > >in process? > > I just got several of these bouncing today. Different DSN error number but > same general idea: > > The mail you sent could not be delivered to: > 550 [log in to unmask] is temporarily unavailable while we upgrade our system > 550 [log in to unmask] is temporarily unavailable while we upgrade our system > etc. > > Looks like they are still at work. since they have over 40 mail servers > on-line it may take a while... 8-) > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Ben Parker .......... (Aurora, CO) ........... [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > End of LSTOWN-L Digest - 16 Oct 1997 to 17 Oct 1997 > *************************************************** >