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Re: AOL 421 errors
From: "Matthew Black" <black () csulb edu>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 11:43:05 -0700
On Thu, 4 May 2006 10:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Matt Ghali <matt () snark net> wrote:
On Wed, 3 May 2006, Joe Maimon wrote:<COUNTER-RANT>You know, people say things like this a lot. Its not relevant. What is relevant is how AOL is supposed to know thata) the email considered for rejection is actually wanted b) and wanted by AOL employees themselvesAnd if they did know how to accurately determine that, we wouldnt be having this discussion.The irony here of course, is that Matt Black's systems can't even tell if they want the mail until _after_ the accept it- but that's a feature, and AOL's in-transaction softfails are evil. Or something.matto --matt () snark net------------------------------------------<darwin>< Moral indignation is a technique to endow the idiot with dignity. - Marshall McLuhan
Nothing beats an ad hominem attack, huh? The irony here is that your message contains that tribute to the media critic. Now, it seems you are sugggesting that my e-mail servers hold back on final accept until a message gets delivered to a remote AOL server. Did I misread the above message? For what it's worth, I received a very nice e-mail and had an extended telephone conversation with a third-tier support manager from AOL. They do respond and that's why I placed my original post on this thread. I've found that honey is usually more effective than vinegar (that's a metaphor). matthew black network services california state university, long beach
Current thread:
- AOL 421 errors Matthew Black (May 03)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Jim Popovitch (May 03)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Joe Maimon (May 03)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Derek J. Balling (May 03)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Simon Waters (May 04)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Suresh Ramasubramanian (May 04)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Joseph S D Yao (May 05)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Erik Radius (May 05)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Joseph S D Yao (May 05)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Joe Maimon (May 03)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Jim Popovitch (May 03)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Matt Ghali (May 04)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Matthew Black (May 04)
- Re: AOL 421 errors Jim Popovitch (May 04)
- Re: AOL 421 errors (and 554 errors too) Joseph W. Breu (May 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: AOL 421 errors David Hubbard (May 03)