AOL and Hotmail

[Guest ncm2169]

A few days ago an escort, Jay in Vancouver, sent this to Hooboy:

 

< My internet service provider tells me that AOL has blocked Hotmail and numerous ISPs around North America in an attempt to shield themselves from viruses >

 

FWIW, I'm on AOL, and I've both successfully sent and received email to and from my AOL email account and hotmail account users, before and since Jay's post. :o

 

I'm not taking any position on who should or should not use which service -- just passing on info. Perhaps there's another explanation for Jay's problems? :*

[OneFinger]

>...Perhaps there's another explanation for Jay's problems? :*

 

I think Jay's description of the problem is correct and fully accurate. HOWEVER, the outage was only for a short time and service to Hotmail was restored.

 

I have a relative who works at AOL (poor choice of jobs) and this is their explanation.

 

1. AOL monitors incoming e-mail for spam.

 

2. When mass-mailings (spam) are found, AOL blocks all e-mail from the sending server (Hotmail). Since Hotmail uses multiple servers, AOL claims they only blocked that specific server.

 

3. AOL then contacted Hotmail telling them about the problem.

 

4. After Hotmail provided proof to AOL that the guilty account was suspended, AOL then started accepted e-mail from that Hotmail server.

 

I'm not an AOL fan and would never use them. But, at least they are trying to do something about spam.