Subject: [Tweeters] Re: SPAM, AOL and OBOL
Date: May 24 20:30:25 2008
From: travelGirl - travelgirl.fics at gmail.com


for those who are able, gmail (google) has one of the best (if not the best)
free webmail spam filters out there. while i will typically see as much as
25% of spam get through to even my most obscure email account, gmail will
usually catch 98-99% pretty easily, and only occasionally go nuts citing
real mail as spam (and when it does, it does it in a flurry, and then is
fine again for months)...

give gmail a try...

00 caren

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: 2008 May 24, Saturday 21:03
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: SPAM, AOL and OBOL


> OBOL recently moved to a new server and is no longer running through
> Oregon State University. In the transition, accounts were re-set
> to the default regular mail, passwords into the user profiles were
> lost and there was all manner of havoc.
>
> You probably will be bounced on OBOL if you cross post to too many other
> addresses in the same message now.
>
> Many OBOL members used to being in digest mode panicked and started
> marking all the extra mail as SPAM. AOL, Earthlink and ComCast all
> blocked OBOL shutting out multiple users. I think that's all finally
> been straightened out.
>
> AOL has always had a hit and miss SPAM filtering system, in part,
> because a good deal of it originates from AOL accounts.
>
> Those TWEETERS having trouble with their OBOL accounts may try
> http://oregonbirdwatch.org/mailman/listinfo/obol
> Start by re-setting your password by telling the system you lost
> your old password....
>
> --
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> celata at pacifier.com
>
> When bad photos happen to good birds
> http://www.surfbirds.com/blogs/mbalame/archives/2008/03/photo20080313.html
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