April 25, 2006 11:45 AM PDT

Verizon fixes glitch that blocked weekend e-mails

Verizon has fixed a software glitch that inadvertently blocked e-mails coming from major Internet service providers over the weekend, a Verizon spokeswoman said on Tuesday. E-mails sent to Verizon.net customers from Yahoo, America Online, MSN, Google, Roadrunner and others were blocked "because of a bug in a spam-filtering software update we were conducting," the spokeswoman said. "Customers whose e-mails were bounced back should resend them." The problem lasted from early Saturday morning through late on Sunday night.

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.

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