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.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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