Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-20 Thread Michael Rathbun
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:03:49 -0500, Michael Rathbun wrote: >On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:47:50 -0500, Michael Rathbun wrote: > >>Fascinating... And, this morning, I discover that m...@yahoo.fr delivers to me as well. {heavy sigh} mdr -- We are all temps. -- Daisy Adair

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-20 Thread Jethro R Binks
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, Steve Atkins wrote: > > On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:10 PM, Brandon Long via mailop > > wrote: > > > > They used to use qmail which uses - instead of the more common + for > > multiple addresses, wonder if this is a side effect of the forwarding > > for ymail.com using qmail >

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-20 Thread Philip Paeps
On 2018-06-20 09:32:40 (+0200), Renaud Allard via mailop wrote: On 20/06/18 09:17, Philip Paeps wrote: On 2018-06-19 21:20:49 (+0200), Steve Atkins wrote: On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:10 PM, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: They used to use qmail which uses - instead of the more common + for

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-20 Thread Stefano Bagnara
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 09:20, Philip Paeps wrote: > A disturbing number of "ordinary people" (who don't live in SMTP land) > also believe that + is an "invalid character" in email addresses. I have found a LOT of inboxes unable to redirect email to an address that uses a "+" while being happy to

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-20 Thread Renaud Allard via mailop
On 20/06/18 09:17, Philip Paeps wrote: On 2018-06-19 21:20:49 (+0200), Steve Atkins wrote: On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:10 PM, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: They used to use qmail which uses - instead of the more common + for multiple addresses, wonder if this is a side effect of the

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-20 Thread Philip Paeps
On 2018-06-19 21:20:49 (+0200), Steve Atkins wrote: On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:10 PM, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: They used to use qmail which uses - instead of the more common + for multiple addresses, wonder if this is a side effect of the forwarding for ymail.com using qmail Likely.

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-19 Thread Michael Rathbun
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:20:47 -0400, "Bill Cole" wrote: >Not sure if that is intended sarcastically, but YES, I DO love it. No sarcasm on my watch, no indeed. mdr -- If I laugh when a guy goes flying on a banana peel, is that a schadenfreudian slip? -- Zippy

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-19 Thread Bill Cole
On 19 Jun 2018, at 17:03 (-0400), Michael Rathbun wrote: m...@ymail.com fails to exist. mdr-anythingyouwouldcaretoins...@ymail.com delivers to m...@yahoo.com. Gotta love that. Not sure if that is intended sarcastically, but YES, I DO love it. I'm approaching 25 years of using tagged

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-19 Thread John Johnstone
On 6/19/18 3:20 PM, Steve Atkins wrote: On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:10 PM, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: They used to use qmail which uses - instead of the more common + for multiple addresses, wonder if this is a side effect of the forwarding for ymail.com using qmail Likely. Though at one

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-19 Thread Michael Rathbun
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:47:50 -0500, Michael Rathbun wrote: >Fascinating... Lots of interesting words about separators, thanks to all, but... > Tue 2018-06-19 13:32:31: [197232] --> MAIL > From: SIZE=1300 > Tue 2018-06-19 13:32:31: [197232] <-- 250 sender > ok > Tue 2018-06-19 13:32:31:

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-19 Thread Steve Atkins
> On Jun 19, 2018, at 8:10 PM, Brandon Long via mailop > wrote: > > They used to use qmail which uses - instead of the more common + for multiple > addresses, wonder if this is a side effect of the forwarding for ymail.com > using qmail Likely. Though at one point it wasn't unusual to

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-19 Thread Brandon Long via mailop
They used to use qmail which uses - instead of the more common + for multiple addresses, wonder if this is a side effect of the forwarding for ymail.com using qmail On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 12:01 PM Michael Rathbun wrote: > I have today learned that mdr-2...@ymail.com, mdr-2...@ymail.com, and >

Re: [mailop] News about the travails with my famous Y! trap account

2018-06-19 Thread Michael Peddemors
On 18-06-19 11:47 AM, Michael Rathbun wrote: I have today learned that mdr-2...@ymail.com, mdr-2...@ymail.com, and mdr-anythingat...@ymail.com all deliver to m...@yahoo.com. Fascinating... mdr Standard operating procedure at many providers.. Sometimes the advertise it as 'Cosmetic'