Thursday, November 11, 2004

More suggestions for AOL users

First, the bad news, or non-news, from Yahoo!:

Although we cannot offer you an estimate of when the problem you reported will be resolved, please be assured that we are aware of the issue and are investigating its cause. Unfortunately, we cannot offer any further information regarding the issue.

We appreciate your patience and understanding on this matter.

And now the good news, or helpful news, from a reader:

As far as your AOL users go, they can also "whitelist" your address so that it will come through AOL's spam filter. AOL has been cracking down on alot of outside webhosts, so "whitelisting" seems to be the way to go. They may have to create any additional screenname to do this, only because you can either "blacklist" or "whitelist" names on a particular account.

How to whitelist in 9.0. Optimized (Sorry that's the only version I have)

1) Go to the menu item Mail and click on Block Unwanted Mail
2) In the window that pops up there is a section called "Additional Spam Filters." Make sure "Sender Filter" is "On"
3) Click on Edit next to "Sender Filter"
4) In the next window that pops up, select the option "Use a Custom Sender List"
5) Click on "Use a Custom" Sender List"
6) In the final window that Pops up:
a) Select Allow Only The Senders and Domains Listed Below
b) Fill in the exact address for this newsletter (You'll have to provide that and they need to do it exactly or they will open themselves up to all the junk from the Yahoo domain.)
c) Click Add
d) Click Save
7) Close the 3 windows that opened for this process, making sure to click Save if the option is allowed.

Hope this helps.


Me too. The addresses you should add is cope@davecopeland.com.