OK, I’ve had it up to here with AOL. If it’s not one thing it’s another. I’ve constantly had trouble sending them messages with my mailing list. First they banned my IP. Then they said I wasn’t using RFC-compliant URLs (though AOL’s idea of an RFC is much different than the rest of the world). So I fixed those URLs (that were just part of my tracking system).
Then, I send out a mailing last night. And I get these errors back (this is all it ways…I’m not cutting it off intentionally):
SMTP error from remote mailer after end of data:
host mailin-01.mx.aol.com [205.188.159.57]: 554 TRANSACTION FAILED:
(HVU:B1) The URL contained in your email to AOL members has generated a high volume of complaints. Per our Unsolicit
Nice error AOL.
Just the same, because of this, I don’t encourage anybody with an AOL or Netscape.net account to sign up for my mailing list, as there’s a good chance you won’t get it. It’s not a problem with Dada, it’s a problem with AOL’s overzealous filtering of all things Internet.
Get a real email account and a real ISP, folks. You’ll be far better off.
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I do tech support and occasionally I have to help aolers. Let me state that Aolers are about the stupidest people….I ask them to open the cd rom drive and then access a folder…they get HYPERCONFUSED! They say stuff like “oh Im not a computer genius” Later they ask me how did I learn all this stuff I reply with “oh this is just every day simple stuff on the computer” well it takes em about ten more minutes to get insulted and that in itself is funny….
One time this guy asked me what lap top to buy
I pointed him to his toy thing that had lots of nice colorfull big buttons and pretty display made by playschool I think…
He thought I was kidding…I wasnt.
What is the best indicator of an aoler? let me see the drool comeing out of their mouths at walmart while they are shopping for more diapers for their mutantss they keep farting out?
Their ugly suvs cutting me off in traffic?
thier mindless-sheep-like devotion to George bush the nazi president of the united states…?
the complete lack of expression on their faces as the do their moring commute to work?
these being just some of the indicators…
I would say the best indicator is those morons who buy the giant ford expedition suv so they can pack their mutant children on an expedition to the soccer field….You know the same children I have to pay taxes for even though I dont have children so their dumb aoler parents can send them to public school to learn about creation and deny evolution…
I wouldnt have a problem with these dumb dumbs if I didnt have to deal with their issues. But they call me, and dont even know where the START button is on windows. How is that possible in the 21st century?
It sufficiently irritates me- On every call I have to tell them every move to make. I have to explain every little thing. WHy because they apparently take their stupiid pills bright an early with the rest of the morning robots.
I would love it. If they had requirments before buying a computer. If you didnt meet the requirements you would get a lesser computer that was very limited. There should also be a ‘STUPID” button on your phone so if they call and they are too stupid to comprehend your instructions you can press that button and they get dropped. There should be a meter on the phone that measures how dumb they are when the meter gets into the red the “STUPID” button flashes…
and then they are either disconnected automatically or you can drop them.
the message that they will hear will be…
“were sorry, Measurement of your Iq durring this call has indicated that you are not the correct personality type for this type of technology… Suggestion, Return your computer and obtain a butter churn………etc”