Re: AOL 421 errors

From: Matthew Black (no email)
Date: Thu May 04 2006 - 14:43:05 EDT

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    On Thu, 4 May 2006 10:47:28 -0700 (PDT)
      Matt Ghali <> 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 that
    >>
    >> a) the email considered for rejection is actually wanted
    >> b) and wanted by AOL employees themselves
    >>
    >> And 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
    >
    > --------------------------------------------<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


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