We just received the following from our network provider:
AppliedTheory [our network provider] has worked with Sprint [Applied
Theory's network provider] overnight on the issue,
as AT did not have a route to AOL networks on our backbone. Sprint
informed AT that AOL is making software and routing changes on
their network. This is causing significant changes in how Sprint
and AppliedTheory are receiving the routes to AOL and ICQ. AOL
is still working on the issue as of 09:30 1/29, and may continue
throughout the day today. There may be intermittent connectivity
at times, but until AOL has finished making their changes, connectivity
will be unstable.
-Mitch
>We've experienced similar difficulties sending to AOL in the past week or
so.
> Most of the mail goes through (about 300 AOL
>subscribers), but we're getting 30 or 35 AOL bounces per message, higher
than
>normal. We get the same 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND message.
>No idea what's going on. Spam filters maybe?
>
>TR
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rich Kulawiec
>> Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 6:32 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: AOL is horribly broken this morning
>>
>>
>> I run a small mailing list (75 members) for the Bethesda Center of
Excellenc
>e.
>> Sometime between last night and this morning, every single AOL address on
>> that mailing list started bouncing with this message (I've elided the
>> user's name):
>>
>> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>> ... while talking to air-zb03.mail.aol.com.:
>> >>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND
>> 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown
>>
>> I find it difficult to believe that every single AOL subscriber to this
>> mailing list (there are about 20) have dropped their service in the last
>> 24 hours. My conclusion is that AOL has once again demonstrated its
>> vast incompetence.
>>
>> ---Rsk
>> Rich Kulawiec
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
