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From: "George W. Durman" <>
Subject: Problems at @worldnet.att.net
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 01:08:34 -0400

If your ISP is @worldnet.att.net, please be advised that the service is
still having problems !!!!!

I'm sorry, but the bounces from @worldnet.att.net have become so
numerous that they are about to overload my system. Usually, I wait
until after the 4th bounce to see if SmartList at RootsWeb successfully
removes the offending addresses from the subscription list. With the
problems today at @worldnet.att.net, I am preempting SmartList and
manually removing any addresses that bounce from @worldnet.att.net
the first time.

You users of ATT's service should complain bitterly to the administrators
there and force them to correct the problems. One would think that with
all of ATT's wealth, they could hire competent software and hardware
technicians. Guess they pinch pennies whenever possible to maintain
the profit margin for the stockholders. Don't know which is worse, ATT
or AOL, when it comes to cheap help.

Just for the record, JUNO users have almost as many problems as ATT.
I get several dozen "bounces" a day from JUNO because "the user's
quota has been exceeded". If you are a JUNO user, please empty your
mailbox often so that your email doesn't bounce. Or, for AOL, ATT, & JUNO
users, find a reputable nation-wide ISP that doesn't limit the size of the
messages, nor the number that is allowed in your mailbox at one time.
One that also doesn't break down Digests and screw them up, as AOL
does to many users.

Two services that I highly recommend are Mindspring and Concentric
Net. Here is a web site URL to get a list of all the servers in the country
and a little bit of info about each:

http://www.herbison.com/herbison/iap_meta_list_us_nationwide.html

SgtGeorge
List Maintainer

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