After a while of seemingly reliable service, we tend to forget that eMail is subject to failure at any time. What I find most annoying is that providers rarely (if ever) tell you that you missed mail (or you might have, cuz we were down for xx hours). Usually the only clue is someone (again, not everyone) gives you a "could not forward email" notice. I find my LinuxPPC list is very good about this, giving a notice if even one post fails, but in general it doesn't happen.
On Tuesday, October 23, 2001, at 10:52 AM, James Sedgwick wrote: > At 12:46 PM -0400 10/23/01, James Sedgwick wrote: >> At 9:32 AM -0700 10/23/01, Shawn King wrote: >>> At 12:02 PM -0400 10/23/01, George Guerrette wrote: >>>> The trail of cookie crumbs leads to Cupertino... Or the >>>> maclaunch.com mail >>>> server having a disdain for mac.com email. >>> >>> Mac.com, while cute and perhaps cool, is not a very reliable Mail >>> server. >> >> I agree, but it is good value for the money :-) >> >> Having said that, I don't think all of everyone's e-mail troubles can >> be attributed to mac.com, the internet, like Canada Post, does not >> guarantee prompt and reliable e-mail service regardless of your POP >> or SMTP server, spit happens. > > That one was sent thru my @home SMTP server (flakey under the best of > conditions) and arrived at my mac.com address (also known to be > flakey) via the list server (which only Dan can speak about) in under > 2 minutes, guess you guys aren't as smart as me :-) > > And yes, I am speaking to myself, appears everyone else is having > mail problems. > > Regards James > ___________________________________________________________ > James Sedgwick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sedgwick & Son http://homepage.mac.com/jsedgwick/ > Information System Specialists and proud Canadians > > > -- > Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> > Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
