[Vision2020] message bounces and unsubscribes

[Daniel Bakken]

Another common problem with AOL is their stone age spam filter. When
AOL receives junk mail from one First Step customer, they block emails
from all First Step addresses for a week or two. This includes
Vision2020 at moscow.com.

We take spamming very seriously. We warn spammers and we do not
hesitate to terminate internet service for repeat offenders. We also
offer the optional Postini intelligent junk email filter. However, we
do not use antiquated blacklists as some of our competitors like
Turbonet do. Blacklists like SpamCop block emails from an entire
domain (@moscow.com, @aol.com) instead of intelligently screening
individual emails.

Daniel Bakken
First Step Tech Support

On 5/3/06, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Via my AOL ISP account, I had my Vision2020 account suspended for too many
> bounces while using the AOL e-mail address as the subscription address for
> Vision2020.  I believe this was because I never deleted the Vision2020
> e-mails (what a waste of time!) and the AOL e-mail storage limit kicked in.
> At least I think this is what happened.  I never checked with AOL to verify.
>
> I think any e-mail address used to subscribe to Vision2020 that bounces too
> many e-mails back can cause a Vision2020 account suspension.  If you
> overload your Hotmail account, going over your limit for storage, while
> using the Hotmail address for Vision2020, and your incoming mail continues
> to bounce, this also could result in cancellation of the Vision2020 account
> involved.
>
> If I am wrong, maybe Vision2020 computer experts can correct me?
>
> I have been using my G-mail account for Vision2020, never deleting the
> Vision2020 e-mails, and after months I have 73 MB stored using 3% of my
> total storage, with some of the 73 MB stored not resulting from Vision2020.
>
> Ted Moffett