On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 03:12:49PM -0400, Dave Sill wrote:
>
> That's great. Really. But how can we best serve our members (really
> our customers)? By immediately bending to the whims of any large ISP
> that recklessly breaks our list software? I don't think so. I think we
> should at least point out the error of their ways to AOL and ask them
> if they can fix their software. If they refuse, *then* it's time to
> consider accommodating their users via a workaround of some sort.
>
> Of course, if half of the people on this list don't even agree that
> AOL is wrong to munge subject headers, we're a long way from
> convincing AOL. Maybe when AOL breaks Majordomo, LISTSERV, ezmlm, or
> Mailman, people will see the problem.
I don't think they're right to do it; I just don't think that
AOL is going to change things any time soon, and asking them
politely to make a change is not going to make a difference. Those
affected by this change might as well move directly to a solution
that's within their means to effect.
YahooMail broke SmartList a long time ago with their silly "@yahoo.com"
signature files, but never did anything about it. AOL vs. BestServ
is a foregone conclusion.
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Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator
and Chief Hacking Officer
