Author: John Merlino
Date: 21:13:37 03/27/04
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On March 28, 2004 at 00:09:59, Johan de Koning wrote: >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. :-) But you won. :-) >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. Indeed, but there is certainly frustration all around. So, perhaps I should say "Sorry I chose AOL". ;-) jm
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