Genealogy Chat

You are welcome Mary, I find that Bulk folder great for catching the spams. Much better than outlook express which lets them through!! Best of luck. Margaret

I too have had problems had to leave a message on the board for a member I am often in contact with so annoying!! Linda

Thanks Margaret- signed up for the 'upgrade' 6 weeks ago- only discovered tonight that there was a 1-hour download to go with that! What a dinosaur I am! E-mail's coming in as usual now- your reassurance helps a lot :0)) Mary

Maggie It seems as if AOL don't let you have them at all. They are sent back to us 'lowly' bt y a h oo users and lost to you. I resorted to sending a letter by post!!! It looks like AOL think they know what's best for you. Anne

Hi, I'm on AOL and hav'nt received email for 2 days, thought I must have upset everyone. Where do I find the emails that have been rejected? Maggie

Hi all I am with BT Y a h o o BB. It is AOL that is the problem. Although I received quite a few emails from a girl yesterday who uses A O L. A few bounce back at times. Sandra

Mary, your bulk folder is where all your spam goes to and you should be able to locate it when you check your mail. It should show all folders on left margin. If it helps, I had a few teething troubles at first when I upgraged to y a h o o, but so far so good. Margaret

I've had trouble with AOL rejecting e-mails for months. It's got to the point where my immediate reaction to seeing that someone has an AOL address is "Oh no !".

The problem is AOL think they are the internet. They are blacklisting whole ISPs and servers who fail their rubbish spam filters. They are annoying their own customers and the rest of the net. My nephew complained to them and they just didn't want to know. I think they are losing customers in droves in the states. Bob

Lynn, Have a friend on btopenworld who has previously had no trouble reaching me, who was just yesterday bounced by aol (Good ole aol - NOT!!!!!!!!). Not you going mad!! Was going to offer a solution, but notice you have now solved the problem. Glad to hear the aol and btopenworld are working on it!!

From 23.59, on 11 February, I didn't get a single message in. Last night I sent a message to Y...., & tonight there are 3 messages... Tried to add my 2 pennorth to this thread...message appeared without the word Y..a..h..o..o. I've upgraded, on my bt account, as bt expected, but still haven't tracked down the 'bulk mail folder'! Wonder what's in there !? Mary

Hi all, Managed to send a mail through GC to my contact but it does seem silly seeing we have been in contact for a while.Lets hope the problem gets sorted soon Lynn

Seems to be a problem all round, i was on a chat line from my server bt.germany to aol and the the server was broken off ...in the middle of the conversation. Hope this gets sorted soon. Sheila

Thankyou for that info ....will go and have a look..thought I was going mad...no change there though. many thanks again Lynn

Hi Lynne, There is another thread on this subject on page 2 at the moment. It appears aol are trying to sort it out with BT, which the other person was trying to e-mail. Hope this helps. Margaret

Hi there. If you look further down this board there is a whole string of emails on this very subject.. started by Anne East I think. Hope those emails can help you somewhat. Best wishes Tyne

I know what a wonderful bunch you all are with helping fellow members when they have a problem and I was wondering if anyone could help me.I received an e.mail from another member who I have had no problem mailing in the past,but tonight every time I try to send a mail to him it keeps coming back saying AOL is not currently accepting E.mail from your point of origin through your isp.....can anyone please shed light as to why this should happen..have tried about 5 times and now its getting on my nerves( I am with bt openworld.) many thanks Lynn