Aol Email Problems

[Tim]

This is a call to action to the Newgrounds community.

For the past several months we have been unable to send any email to AOL users. This applies to nightly/weekly emails, validation emails and emails from our individual NG staff addresses. Basically, whenever we send an email to any @aol.com address it gets bounced back with a "550 Mailbox not found" error. Normally, such an error would occur only when the address in question did not exist, however, AOL in their infinite wisdom, likes to throw it around for other reasons as well. We've been on the phone for literally months trying to get this issue fixed but no one over there seems to care.

If you'd like to read the longer version head on over to my blog post on the matter: Seriously people, just quit AOL already.

If you'd like to have this problem fixed, please email [e-mail] with a subject of "Newgrounds.com email" and a body of:

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Please fix your mail servers so they can accept emails from Newgrounds.com.

Thanks!
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I'm not sure if this will do anything, and frankly I'm not sure I care. I mean, AOL for email, yuck! But Bob says, "a community is only as strong as its weakest member" and someone still using AOL for email seems pretty weak to me. Besides, if nothing else it should annoy the hell out of someone at AOL and that's a win in my book.

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

Haha the fact AOL still exists amazes me.

[RupeeClock]

AOL really is garbage, there was the trouble with just having AOL users even browse the site, wasn't there?

Wonchop seemed to complain about it a lot.

[WilliWowza]

AOL, even when they do nothing they screw it up.

[MichaelHurst]

Not cool, tim deleted my post saying first rely...yarg!

anyway, that sucks, but then again so does AOL, don't they make a perfect match?

Thats why I use hotmail, and I used to use Yahoo

[ZachMM]

AOL sucks.

[RupeeClock]

At 2/5/08 07:50 PM, NG-Unit wrote: Not cool, tim deleted my post saying first rely...yarg!

anyway, that sucks, but then again so does AOL, don't they make a perfect match?

Thats why I use hotmail, and I used to use Yahoo

Hotmail has definitely gotten better, but I'm a devout Gmail user and with good reason too.
Give Gmail a try, you'll love it.

[Tim]

Sorry, had a bad link in that first one.

At 2/5/08 07:50 PM, NG-Unit wrote: Not cool, tim deleted my post saying first rely...yarg!

anyway, that sucks, but then again so does AOL, don't they make a perfect match?

Thats why I use hotmail, and I used to use Yahoo

[Egarewop]

Wait, people still use AOL?

[voidshatter]

At 2/5/08 07:48 PM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: Haha the fact AOL still exists amazes me.

right there with ya dude

[Dazmi]

Try @aim it works for me!

[Kajenx]

But Bob says, "a community is only as strong as its weakest member" and someone still using AOL for email seems pretty weak to me.

I epic lawled.

still am...

[Brass]

AOL is sucking more and more every minute they stay in existance.

[Kart-Man]

Whoa, AOL still exists?

[Nathan2484]

Ive been having the same problem but i have also been having log in troubles too its getting kinda annoying but i must say theres like no spam with aol

[steph2568]

thank god i dont use AOL!

[Scarab]

Hehe, I'm sure NG will sort them out ;)

Slightly related, I wasn't getting my weekly emails until last week on a Hotmail address. I think it's fixed itself, and I haven't particularly looked out for any updates on the matter. I thought it just might be worth bringing up...

[xboxbob11]

This makes me feel guilty for being an AOL user. (sighs) I guess I'll get the problem fixed if it gets in the way with e-mail from the site.

[DaBigCow]

Silly AOL

[Knives]

Tim, keep up the good work buddy.

[Reaperyami]

AOL does not amuse me. At least I have an assload of plastic frisbees with an AOL design.

Skeet shooting anyone?

[Rague]

At 2/5/08 07:50 PM, ZachMM wrote: AOL sucks.

This is going to be the most repeated phrase in the thread, isn't it?

[nintendork64]

AOL sucks. i use AOL because that's what i was brought up with. it really sucks. I recently tried to make an account on another site, I resent the registration email 10 times before i just gave up.

DO NOT USE AOL

[IBx1]

At 2/5/08 07:56 PM, Dazmi wrote: Try @aim.

Ta daa!! I like my AOL email account. Just use @aim.com, unless you've already tried that.

[Flee]

I'm glad I don't use it anymore. What shit quality it was.

[kidray76]

aol is only good for messenger.

Yahoo all the way. In any event, I'll show support for the cause.

[LightandDark]

At 2/5/08 08:08 PM, IBx1 wrote:

At 2/5/08 07:56 PM, Dazmi wrote: Try @aim.

Ta daa!! I like my AOL email account. Just use @aim.com, unless you've already tried that.

Wait a minute, you actually like AOL?!?!??!

Someone get this man in a rehab!

[americanidiot2f]

WOW aol?! I use yahoo so I'm good.

[Raymoundo-Yakuza]

I will get a hot mail

[MorrowDays]

yeah, thats really retarded of them. (AOL) I sent an email on NGs behalf. :)