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AOL Blocks Telstra Bigpond Mail

Posted by timothy on from the you're-not-on-the-a-list dept.

frodmann writes "Australian IT reports here that AOL has been blocking email from Telstra bigpond mail accounts. This is possibly attributed to AOL's new white list policy as reported earlier on Slashdot. Although this article is a few days old I can verify that this is still happening. (For those outside of Australia, Telstra is one of our largest ISPs.)"

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  1. And in other news... by lewko · · Score: 3, Funny

    Australian ISPs block all mail from AOL, and NO ONE cares!

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  2. That's logical! by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 4, Funny
    I mean, it is well known that Australia is a haven for Spammers. My mailbox is full of "enlarge your crocodile" and "hot young koala's" and of course the classic "kangooroo's herbal viagra".

    I mean I'm glad that the internet (AOL is the internet, right?), finally did something against these annoying aussies!

  3. Thanks for the update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...be sure to tell us about it again, three days from now. ...not...

  4. Re:Blocking spam is good... by rf0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There once was a extreme case of blocking where a US company recived on piece of spam from a .uk. As such they blocked the entire country. It was only when they realised they also owned a .co.uk domain they decided to unblock it as staff couldn't email each other

    Rus

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  5. Re:Telstra BigPond is crap!!! by k-0s · · Score: 4, Funny

    Typically the service offered from Tesltra is Australia is terrible, but due to lack of competition in Australia they have been able to get away with shoddy service and gerneral non-compliance for years.

    So you're basically saying that Telstra BigPond is the Australian version of AOL then? Maybe thats why AOL is blocking them, their customer service is worse the AOLs and AOL prides itself at being the worst at customer service.

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  6. AOL's new mantra... by CPgrower · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You've lost mail"

  7. That's alright... by The+Fanta+Menace · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...I've been blocking AOL for years. Only fair for them to reciprocate.

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  8. what AOL needs is a good booting by the-build-chicken · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is an outrage!

    I'm going to take this all the way to the Prime Minister!

    Hey Mr. Prime Minister!

    Andy!

  9. Wouldn't it be easier by kasperd · · Score: 3, Funny

    to just disconnect AOL from the internet?

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