E.mail/AOL problems ??

Sep 15, 2003 12 Replies

Some members of these newsgroups may know that AOL are blocking mail sent from a Bt address, This is causing all sorts of problems especially to me as I have to send mail to members of

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to inform them of any updates to the website, I have spoken to and E.mailed Bt support and still await news of when or even If it will be resolved, Anyone got any Ideas how I can send mails to AOL members without using BT ??


Sorry I forgot to put (ot) at the beginning !!

You could setup a mailing list. That should work. I use Yahoo!Groups which is usually fairly reliable - you'll be able to subscribe members yourself, and if you want, set it up so that only you can post.

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Alternatively, you need to find someone that offers an outgoing SMTP server to use. If you've got ADSL I might be able to help if you.

Ewan

You could try using Hotmail or Yahoo! mail.

Another soloution is to google for an email supplier that offers access to their smtp server such as

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eat

I may be missing something here, but could you set up and use a Hotmail account? I have one 'just in case' the others fail to work!

I also have a free reserve email account with 'totalise.co.uk'.

David.

I can thoroughly recommend Gradwell.com - their services are reliable and affordable. I'm in no way connected with the company, just a satisfied customer since June 2002. :o)

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*** - updated 6 September Rich Mackin (rich-at-richmackin.co.uk)

I've had this problem when using BCC but not when posting direct. It's not universal, though.

Hotmail accounts fill up with spam in no time at all. Then you get spam e-mails to your ISP mail box from Hotmail trying to sell you storage space so you can receive more spam. No thanks, Mr. Gates.

I have never had any spam to my (reserve) Hotmail account, in around a year. I was actually quite surprised about this, but it's true!

Luv'n'hugs,

Anna xx

I used to get spam in my Hotmail account every couple of hours, but now I probably only get it once every couple of months.

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Yepp - Hotmail have cleaned-up their act lately regarding Spam!

David.

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