[171300] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AOL Mail updates DMARC policy to 'reject'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Fri Apr 25 13:36:20 2014
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:35:53 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20140425160929.GB22922@cmadams.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Steven Saner <ssaner@hubris.net> said:
>> We run several mailing lists for customers. We frequently get feedback
>> reports from AOL saying that the AOL user has flagged the message as
>> spam. So, we remove said user from the list. They then complain that
>> they have been removed and swear that they didn't do it. Anyone have a
>> handle on what this is about?
> That has been a problem basically as long as AOL has had the feedback
> loop. The theory is that some AOL users use "This is spam" as a delete
> button; apparently at one point the buttons were right next to each
> other (making it an easy accident).
I still see this one, both accidentally and intentionally (I'm not
interested in this topic, so it's spam.)
Most of the lists I run are small - parent-teacher organizations,
churches, and such - and I generally warn people about hitting the spam
button, then I drop them if they do it again.
Miles Fidelman
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
