On Tuesday 06 December 2005 11:22, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Tuesday 06 December 2005 04:01, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >>On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Paul Bijnens wrote: >>> [Off topic] >>> >>> This isn't the first time I'm hit with this nonsense: I can't send >>> mail to a Verizon email address. And I'm surely not alone. >>> >>> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23703 >>> >>> Just to let people know (Gene!) that I do send mail to them, I'm not >>> ignoring them. But their provider is ignoring their users. >>> >>> Yes, I did fill out the whitelist request, twice already. Just >>> enough to get one mail pass through, and then a few weeks later, it >>> bounces again. >>> >>> If people with Verizon email addresses want to read my responses, >>> it's time to switch providers. >>> >>> Pfeew, that reliefs the anger a bit... >> >>I can confirm I cannot send email to Gene from work, but I can from >> home. Apparently it's unrelated to the sender address, but related to >> the outgoing SMTP server. > >I am on the horn with these turkey's right now, and getting a bit of >static. > >For everybodies attention, change the address to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >this will bypass the ALL filtering. I'll see if I can change that in >kmail, but they're saying this will take like 48-72 hours to implement >so its not effective till about friday. > >So I'll try and remember to keep things posted here. > >It looks like I'll need to resubscribe from the new address, damn! > >Oh well, if it works I guess its ok, but having to tell everyone my new >address (the old one will still work too, for those for whom it worked c/cannot/can/g >before) or at least those who cannot send me email. The problem with >that is that if they don't relay through a mailing list such as this >one, I'll not know they are having a problem. A bit like chicken vs >egg... > >>Gr{oetje,eeting}s, >> >> Geert >> >>-- >>Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a >> hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" >> or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
-- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.36% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
