-- [ From: Patricia Ray * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- To all, It looks like AOL is the only place that has the problem with the digest mode, but I, for one, will keep my eyes open on Prodigy to make sure we don't start having it, too. Following are the notes sent to me about it...... ------- FORWARD, Original message follows ------- > Date: Tuesday, 16-Dec-97 07:51 PM > > From: Diana Flynn \ Internet: ([email protected]) > To: Patricia Ray \ PRODIGY: (PATRAY) > > Subject: Re: AOL problem > > >Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:57:13 -0800 (PST) > >Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 20:06:43 -0500 > >To: [email protected] > >Resent-Message-ID: <"vnruFD.A.ik.bjej0"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> > >Resent-From: [email protected] > >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1307 > >X-Loop: [email protected] > >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > > >Hi, > > A few of you have been having trouble getting the digests and when I sent > >one of the letters I received from one of you to the listowners list, this > >is the reply that I received in return. I thought I would pass it along to > >the list so that if any of you others start having problems (heaven forbid!) > >you would know what is going on and where to turn to for help. > > > >Diana > > > >PS Signing off for about 2 hours to watch IU basketball!!! > > > >>Return-Path: <[email protected]> > >>X-Sender: [email protected] > >>Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 17:59:37 -0700 > >>To: Diana Flynn <[email protected]> > >>From: C Hammett <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: AOL problem > >>Cc: [email protected] > >> > >>Diana: When AOL members receive incomplete digests (corrupted emails ), the > >>way that they know that they're incomplete (corrupted) is that the number > >>of messages in the index is more than the number of messages in the digest. > >> > >>It is NOTHING that your AOL subscriber is doing. It is AOL that is Hacking > >>off the rest of the message, and it doesn't matter what your subscribers do > >>(flash sessions, etc. make no difference) It's ALL AOL themselves and since > >>they're 'tweaking' their mail system daily (probably hourly) it's > >>impossible to say from one digest to the next what it is that AOL is doing > >>to cause the problem. > >> > >>As to why some AOL subscribers on a list will have no problem with a > >>specific digest and others do, it seems to be whether they're Win or Mac. > >>Those are two different systems and one week the Mac users will have all > >>the problems, and the next week, their digests are fine, and it's the Win > >>(PC) users who are having problems. > >> > >>What All our AOL subscribers need to do is COMPLAIN TO AOL Every Single > >>Time they get a corrupted digest. Complain by forwarding the bad digest to > >>"[email protected]" with an explanation... and also by going to the online > >>reps and also by calling AOL's 800 number. > >> > >>If every one of RootsWeb's AOL subscribers were to call the 800 number > >>every single time they get a bad digest, I'll bet it wouldn't take a week > >>for AOL to make it a top priority to fix the problem. <G> > >> > >>Sorry no better answer for you, Diana, but at least you can tell your > >>subscriber that it's not anything he's doing. > >> > >>Sincerely, > >>Carole Hammett, Combs & Hammett RootsWeb Lists > >>Combs: http://members.aol.com/carhammett/index.html > >>Hammett: http://members.aol.com/hammettva/index.htm > >> > >> > >> > >Diana Flynn > >Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. > >[email protected] > > > >List manager of HODGES-L at: [email protected] > >Visit the Lawrence Co., IN. Biographies page at: > >http://www.geocities.com/~pangits/biographies/lawrence.html > >Also visit the INDIANA BIOGRAPHIES PAGE AT: > >http://www.aye.net/~dee1234/indybios/inbio2.html > > > > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > >Dont forget to check US GENWEB pages at: > > > >http://www.usgenweb.com/ > > > > > > ------- FORWARD, End of original message -------