Is The Pro-Democracy Movement Under Attack From AOL?

[Melissa G]

Report: AOL Blocking Emails From USCountVotes
Is The Pro-Democracy Movement Under Attack From AOL?
Guest blogged by Winter Patriot

Hot on the heels of a recent item about Comcast blocking email containing the address of Cindy Sheehan's website, I have received a report from US Count Votes saying that that they are no longer able to reach AOL customers via email.

UPDATE: Since this item has been posted I have received more specific information. The email that is being blocked comes from the Announcements List at US Count Votes, a.k.a. [e-mail] . According to our source,

AOL blocked it once and an AOL customer got it unblocked but then it was blocked again very shortly and has stayed blocked.

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Fast Symptomatic Relief:
If you are an AOL subscriber, you want to set up an additional email account. Hotmail and gmail come to mind; both are free and both allow you to access your account easily from any browser. No doubt there are other options, perhaps better options. If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment for us below. Once you have your account set up, you can visit US Count Votes and ask to have your new address added to their mailing list.

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001737.htm

[kansasblue]

1. Time to leave AOL ?

plenty of other providers.

[John Q. Citizen]

2. Almost On Line (AOL) is the lamest most pathetic ISP around.

Anybody who stays with them gets what they deserve.

[kansasblue]

3. I could never stand the idea of that must crap between...

me and the real internet. AOL buh bye

[Melissa G]

4. I was never a big fan of AOL but it could be a good message

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Treating The Cause Rather Than The Symptoms:
Then there's the tried and tested method: Make Some Noise. We've already seen the sort of impact 6 or 7 people can make. If you are an AOL user, and if you are on the US Count Votes mailing list, and if you haven't heard from US Count Votes in a while, then AOL definitely needs to hear from you. As always, please remember to be polite; nobody wants to help an abusive caller. But please also be firm and persistent: we all know that the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[Mythsaje]

5. This is different

from the Comcast thing.

I wouldn't put it past AOL to do it deliberately...Comcast's deal was an automated spam blocking program that went awry and was quickly fixed.