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
>
> gene.heskett AT verizononline DOT net
>
>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 --
>> geert AT linux-m68k DOT org
>>
>>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
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