AOL in particular has taken to filtering out most email that is sent from Bodies Like Ours, both from our email list and personal communication. This is a problem for many businesses and organizations trying to send to AOL accounts. Even if you choose to receive email that you sign-up for, AOL has determined that you shouldn't receive it. We, as a small organization are unable to deal with this on our end.You will need to bring this issue up yourself with AOL. If you contact us from an AOL account, do not expect a response as the odds are only about 50/50 based upon experiences of the past few weeks.

Additionally, some ISPs, Earthlink most notably, have instituted a challenge-response mechanism on behalf of their account holders. If you have this enabled, you will no longer receive most email communication from Bodies Like Ours, and many other smaller organizations that you have chosen to receive information from. Again, this is something that we do not have the resources to fight or deal with. If you wish to receive email from organizations such as Bodies Like Ours, please address that with your ISP. We simply do not have the resources to do this nor respond to the whims of each filter setting.

While the goals of these filters are admirable, they are unfortunately overreaching and will likely lead to the end of email as a form of easy communication.

For more information about this situation, please read the following article: Spam Blockers May Wreak Email Havoc