Author: Johan de Koning
Date: 21:09:59 03/27/04
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On March 27, 2004 at 23:54:43, John Merlino wrote: >On March 27, 2004 at 22:19:52, John Merlino wrote: > >>On March 27, 2004 at 21:38:21, Johan de Koning wrote: >> >>>On March 27, 2004 at 20:30:27, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On March 27, 2004 at 18:03:19, Johan de Koning wrote: >>>> >>>>>On March 27, 2004 at 16:08:46, John Merlino wrote: >>>>> >>>>>[snip] >>>>> >>>>>Hi John, >>>>> >>>>>It seems my e-mails are not reaching you for the last couple of months. >>>>>I'm pretty clueless about these things, and the fact that bounce reports >>>>>arrive only after weeks isn't helping much either. >>>>> >>>>>Am I getting trapped in filters? >>>>>Did you get similar complaints? >>>>>Does my ISP suck? (yes it does, BTW) >>>>> >>>>>... Johan >>>> >>>>In fact, I have also been told by two other people that they have been trouble >>>>sending me e-mails (although, not EVERY e-mail these people are sending is >>>>getting bounced). I have no idea what is causing it, because it seems like >>>>everybody else's e-mails are getting through fine. >>>> >>>>Perhaps it is AOL's wonderful "Advanced Spam Filter" . :-) (my ISP sucks also). >>>>Yes, I have not received an e-mail from you for over a month, but I figured it >>>>was because you were swamped with other things (like CCC threads) ;-) >>> >>>LOL. But me not responding is typically a sign of being swamped with >>>*one* thing. :-) Not necessarily a computer chess thing. >>> >>>Andersson's reply made sense though. >>>Particularly since Tiscali has a bad history re: spreading spam. >>> >>>Anyway, test message #1 sent. Let's see ... >>> >>>... Johan >> >>Assuming you sent the test e-mail at about the same time as you posted the above >>(about 6:35pm PST), then it has been about 45 minutes and I have still not >>received the e-mail. I'll give it another hour or two, and post here again if >>the message is still MIA. If so, you can send everything to my new work address: >> >>jmerlino@seriousmagic.com >> >>Sorry for the frustration, >> >>jm > >Ok, it's almost 9:00pm PST (about 2 1/2 hours after you said that you sent the >e-mail) and I still have not received it. <sigh> It's also exactly 2 seconds between your submission and mine. :-) And please do not make too much excuses. Even if AOL is to be pinpointed as the single culprit (which I doubt), you're still more like a victim than a perpetrator.
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