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[colinj at gt86car.org.uk (Colin Johnston)]

block aol like china blocks with no engagement of comms as justification

colin

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> On 24 Feb 2015, at 12:36, Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 03:19:06AM +0100, Fred wrote:
>> Having exactly the same issue. Also never received any response from
>> AOL. Quite annoying.
> 
> I've been waiting since January 26th for a response from dmarc-help at teamaol.com,
> which is their stipulated contact point for DMARC issues.
> 
> Of course I wouldn't *need* a response about that if they hadn't implemented
> DMARC so foolishly.
> 
> It seems that the days when Carl Hutzler ran the place -- and ran it well --
> are now well behind them.  I didn't always agree with their decisions,
> but it was obvious that they were working hard and trying to make AOL a
> good network neighbor, so even when I disagreed I could at least acknowledge
> their good intentions.   It seems now that AOL is determined to permit
> unlimited abuse directed at the entire rest of the Internet while
> simultaneously making life as difficult as possible for everyone who
> *doesn't* abuse...and is counting on their size to make them immune from
> the consequences of that decision.
> 
> ---rsk