Deloris- Whenever you get a bunch of unsubs all at the same time you will usually also get bounce notices with each one at the same time for the final bounce that resulted in the action to unsub. This is because of the way MailMan handles bounces...unlike our old SmartList software MailMan manages bounces on lists differently...all at the same time. SO...when 5 days (they don't have to be consecutive) are reached and the address has been bouncing for each of the 5 days (regardless of the number of bounces each day) the address is unsubbed. So if you have a list that was dormant for a time and suddenly discussion starts up again for a total period of 5 days---you often will get a bunch of bounces all at one time. This has nothing to do with anyone reporting list mail is spam. Joan In a message dated 2/24/2013 11:49:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, del_williams@comcast.net writes: I've been having that same issue this weekend with several different addresses, so I don't think it is just an AOL issue. I have noticed that I'm getting a lot of bounces on several of mailing lists, then the addresses are unsubbed. A few of the address owners questioned why they were unsubbed, and all I know is that their emails were bouncing. There was a broad spectrum of addresses so I don't know if something was going on between RW and a lot of servers, or if these people were just having email account issues. The ones that wanted to, I did tell them to re-sub, and so far, no problems. Deloris

Ohh, that must be it then. One of my lists has suddenly had a lot of activity because a new person is posting tons of info and he's getting lots of responses. Previously, there was maybe 1 or 2 messages a week for a few months on that list, and that was it. Another list that has been relatively active from time to time, had the same issue, though, but all along has also been getting a lot of spam, but luckily they were non-members and never got through since I discarded them. But I've noticed that several email accounts from that list are bouncing, and I don't know the reason. Anyway, thanks for the insight about those other bounces, though, I would never have known that. Deloris From: JYoung6180@aol.com Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:28 PM To: del_williams@comcast.net ; Listowners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LO] AOL & Mailing Lists Deloris- Whenever you get a bunch of unsubs all at the same time you will usually also get bounce notices with each one at the same time for the final bounce that resulted in the action to unsub. This is because of the way MailMan handles bounces...unlike our old SmartList software MailMan manages bounces on lists differently...all at the same time. SO...when 5 days (they don't have to be consecutive) are reached and the address has been bouncing for each of the 5 days (regardless of the number of bounces each day) the address is unsubbed. So if you have a list that was dormant for a time and suddenly discussion starts up again for a total period of 5 days---you often will get a bunch of bounces all at one time. This has nothing to do with anyone reporting list mail is spam. Joan In a message dated 2/24/2013 11:49:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, del_williams@comcast.net writes: I've been having that same issue this weekend with several different addresses, so I don't think it is just an AOL issue. I have noticed that I'm getting a lot of bounces on several of mailing lists, then the addresses are unsubbed. A few of the address owners questioned why they were unsubbed, and all I know is that their emails were bouncing. There was a broad spectrum of addresses so I don't know if something was going on between RW and a lot of servers, or if these people were just having email account issues. The ones that wanted to, I did tell them to re-sub, and so far, no problems. Deloris