One correction: it may be an endless task but is is not thankless - most of us are extremely grateful to you and some even do thank you, publicly.
TR Grammar stickler who bemoans the epidemic of misuse of "whom". Sixth grade teacher Mrs. Little would be so proud of me! ---------------------------------------- *From: *David Wardell via Mifnet <[email protected]> *To: *[email protected] *CC: *David Wardell <[email protected]> *Date: *2025-10-11T03:21:20Z *Subject: *[Mifnet 🛰 74464] Re: NNN Housekeeping > Hi Karl, > > Many thanks for your kind words. > > As an operator of a mail server, you have my sympathy. It is a thankless > task. > > Among my favorite artifacts from my ongoing struggles with maintaining > successful deliveries are the free mail providers who have millions of > subscribers and zero interest in providing the most meager support, by way of > a service infrastructure run by those with the combined IQ of a bucket of > rocks. > > After struggling with an AOL/Yahoo problem that had been plaguing Mifnet for > years, I was finally told that I could keep driving myself crazy asking them > to correct problems that they caused, or I could get a life and stop > bothering them. In either case they weren’t going to fix anything. > > I did eventually get a fix that sort of works, no thanks to customer service. > > Thus, we see that one gets precisely the value one pays for. > > At least running my own services, I know that I can blame issues on the old > guy who lives at my house. > > All the best, > > DW > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From "Karl L. Swartz via Mifnet" <[email protected]> > To "Mifnet" <[email protected]> > Cc "Karl L. Swartz" <[email protected]> > Date 10/10/2025 12:21:07 AM > Subject [Mifnet 🛰 74454] Re: NNN Housekeeping > >> Thank you for your hard work, David! I run my own mail server and know what >> a PITA it can be. >> >> My faves are the ones from “my email administrator” warning me that my email >> has been compromised and click here to change my password. Um, I’m quite >> sure I didn’t send that. ROFL! >> >>  -- Karl >> >>> On Oct 9, 2025, at 8:30 PM, David Wardell via Mifnet >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>> >>>  >>> >>> Of late, Mifnet has been receiving considerably more spam that is usual. >>> Much of it is the typical stuff that is occasionally sent to the list (of >>> the Ukrainian women and Nigerian astronaut ilk)—just much more of it. Some >>> is unusual, however, because it comes via a route that doesn’t directly try >>> and post to the list. It’s also unusual in that it serves no purpose that I >>> can see (doesn’t ask for anything). It seems intended just to create a >>> workload burden for the system. >>> >>>  >>> >>> I mention this only because, although we can deal with whatever might be >>> going on, some of the remediation might (possibly) result in normal posts >>> being somewhat delayed. I’ve no idea how long these new developments may >>> remain a potential issue. >>> >>>  >>> >>> If this happens, please be assured that posts the system acknowledges as >>> received will find their way to the list. >>> >>>  >>> >>> Many thanks once again for your support, >>> >>>  >>> >>> DW >>> >>>  >>> >>>  >>> >>> *David Wardell* >>> >>> >>> (757) 561-0582 >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> <image001.png>[https://wardell.us/url/b5s86] >>> >>> >>> <image002.png>[https://wardell.us/url/s9qvz] >>> >>> >>>  >>>
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