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> From: Chad Pettyjohn <itsme@thuntek.net>
> To: 'ntisp@emerald.iea.com'
> Subject: RE: Mail to aol.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 9:34 PM
>
> Most user are accessing AOL for the Chat rooms, investment and sports
info.
> Inform your customer of IRC and make a link page to investment and sport
> sites. This may alleviate some of the complaints. My 2 cents.
>
> ----------
> From: Allen Wisor
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 8:42 AM
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: Mail to aol.com
>
> Although mail does not go quick, it allways gets there in a 30 min.
> or so. I have not had any of the problems decribed here.
>
> FYI I use NTMail NT4.0sp3 and FBLI's DNS.
>
>
> James M. Cook wrote:
> >
> > But it CAN'T be AOL's fault! This is the perpetual cry from our
> > customers. Unfortunately, we have a growing number of customers who
> > use their Internet connection primarily to access AOL so now we're
> > supposed to support their software as well. :( This access via your
> > ISP method must be those modem upgrades I keep hearing about in their
> > advertising. Anyway, that's my $.02
> > _______________________________________________________________
> > INTERWEBB COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
> > James M. Cook - Systems Engineer Tel. (603)798-4477
> > P.O. Box 4021 FAX: (603)798-4192
> > 30 Chichester Road EMAIL:
> > jcook@interwebb.com
> > Concord, NH 03302-4021 HTTP://www.interwebb.com
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Gregory W. Bondy <gbondy@MAELSTROM.NET>
> > > To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>
>
> > > Subject: Re: Mail to aol.com
> > > Date: Monday, June 16, 1997 8:15 PM
> > >
> > > I am reminded of a line from the Star Trek movie "Undiscovered
> > Country"...
> > >
> > > spock: "But they're dying!"
> > > kirk: "Let them die."
> > >
> > > *climbs onto his soapbox*
> > >
> > > It is not the rest of our jobs to "fix" AOL's screwups. It is not
> > for us
> > > to make elegant workarounds so our users, with whom we all spend a
> > great
> > > deal of time, money, and effort supporting in the first place, can
> > send
> > > mail to this den of iniquity that is america online.
> > >
> > > *steps off soapbox*
> > >
> > > On our system, if mail from AOL bounces, it's sent to /dev/null and
> > > forgotten about. "Just one of those things". If AOL can't get
> > their sh*t
> > > together, and FAST, they'll be a forgotton bad dream in a year.
> > Just hold
> > > on. :)
> > >
> > > My two cents.
> > >
> > > At 05:44 PM 6/16/97 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >The AOL mail deal used to be a problem with me. I'm not a DNS guru
> > by any
> > > >means, but I was told by several that AOL returns truncated DNS
> > entries.
> > > >What this looks like: I don't know. But I do know that it screwed
> > up my
> > > >mail for quite a while until an update for my SMTP server came out
> > > >addressing the AOL issue.
> > > >
> > > >QUICK FIX: (Tested and used by me previously: unknown if this will
> > work
> > > >now). Some SMTP servers have trouble handling AOL's truncated
> > returns.
> > > >Solution: Create an AOL.COM DNS zone hosted on your own system. Do
> > a
> > > >dig/nslookup & find some of AOL's lower priority (higher numbered)
> > mail
> > > >machines, and create a couple MX records in your local AOL.COM zone
> > > >pointing to those IP addresses. Now you won't have to rely on
> > AOL's
> > > >screwed up DNS returns. AOL mail lookups will be local on your
> > system.
> > > >Please don't ask me how to create a new DNS zone on your server - I
> > won't
> > > >know what to tell you. Be advised that this will most likely
> > affect users'
> > > >ability to visit AOL websites.
> > > >
> > > >Eric
> > > >mailserve@pdqnet.net
> > > >
> > > >----------
> > > >> From: John Lange <microjl@palacenet.net>
> > > >> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> > > >> Subject: Re: Mail to aol.com
> > > >> Date: Monday, June 16, 1997 4:38 PM
> > > >>
> > > >> Don't forget the inherent problems caused by their backbone
> > provider
> > > >> Sprint(missing)Link.
> > > >>
> > > >> JOhn :}
> > > >>
> > > >> > >Does anyone else have trouble getting mail to aol.com?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > we've had all sort of problems with email and web traffic to
> > aol.com,
> > > >> > ostensibly because of they high level of traffic they are(n't)
> > > >> handling...
> > > >> >
> > > >> > so far, none of our customers have whined too loudly...
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> John C. Lange, Sr. PALACE dot NET, INC.
> > > >> microjl@palacenet.net MICRO-TECH Computers!
> > > >> 608.742.1601 & 6980 2800 New Pinery Road, Suite 10
> > > >> http://www.palacenet.net/ Portage, WI 53901
> > > >> http://www.microt.com/
> > > >>
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