OT: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-28 Thread Harry McGregor
Hi, I know this is off topic so I will keep it short. I have email accounts still in use that are in the 8-10 years old range. I recently started using Postini (through a wholesale company), and it's well worth the small amount per account per month. If you are interested, I can give my the nam

Re: OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-28 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:39:41AM -0400, C F wrote: > >>Since the whole > >> paragraph only speaks about the Intenet in that one sentence (I took > >> the initiative.), then it's NOT out of context to say that he > >> claimed he invented the

Re: OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-28 Thread C F
Still if one reads or listens to what he said then, without spending the 10 minutes in research that I had to spend this morning, then he has to be out of his mind to think that it's out of context. On 9/28/06, C F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do have to give you credit where it's due, according

Re: OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-28 Thread C F
I do have to give you credit where it's due, according to this: http://www.linktionary.com/n/nren.html Although it was a bit late (1991) is a good few years after the creation of the internet, that bill did help shape the Internet we have today. Here is the bill: http://www.mit.edu/afs/net.mit.edu

Re: OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-28 Thread C F
On 9/27/06, Jay R. Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:48:09PM -0400, C F wrote: > On 9/27/06, Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >And now you've made more of a claim to inventing it than Gore ever > >did: > >http://www.snopes.com/quotes/int

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-28 Thread Bill Michaelson
Having used the same email address for 16, 17, oh, I dunno how many years, it is totally trashed. So you can't send email to me unless I know you. If the signature is not right, it is silently discarded. I use other means to establish initial contact. Annoying, but I haven't found a better

Re: OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-27 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:48:09PM -0400, C F wrote: > On 9/27/06, Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >And now you've made more of a claim to inventing it than Gore ever > >did: > >http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp . > > You goto be out of your cottonpicking m

Re: OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-27 Thread C F
On 9/27/06, Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And now you've made more of a claim to inventing it than Gore ever did: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp . You goto be out of your cottonpicking mind or blinded by politics, chose whichever you want, if you have any oth

Re: OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-27 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:13:50PM -0400, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 20:53 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 12:18:23PM -0400, Tim Booth wrote: > > > maybe he invented it with al gore... > > > > Yup; I had *just* as much hand in inventing the Internet

OT: Gore Still Ahead (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-27 Thread Matthew Rubenstein
And now you've made more of a claim to inventing it than Gore ever did: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp . You probably didn't have as much to do with growing it as Gore did in Congress, when it was financed and directed by the Feds. On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 20:53 -0400, J

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:09:07AM -0700, calvis wrote: > I touched on this a little bit on my latest Blog entry at: > > http://www.spamspotter.com > > If you are doing business on a list representing a company you should use > your company's email address because it not only increases the trust

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 12:18:23PM -0400, Tim Booth wrote: > maybe he invented it with al gore... Yup; I had *just* as much hand in inventing the Internet as Al Gore. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth[EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer

RE: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Mitul Limbani
Calvis, I touched on this a little bit on my latest Blog entry at: http://www.spamspotter.com If you are doing business on a list representing a company you should use your company's email address because it not only increases the trust factor, but you are also helping with the branding of you

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 12:47 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > And clearly, I haven't learned to type (or proofread :-) since. > Some people do that intentionally just to see if anyone is really paying attention :D > What I'd said, BTW, was that I was "on the net". That hasn't always > meant "the

RE: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread calvis
06 10:27 AM To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company Hello, Quoting Wow Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have to agree with this as well. There is SO much spam around that when > you see something business related come from gmail, yahoo,

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread James
her parts of the world and then they use their hotmail and it works. James Taylor - Original Message - From: "Tim Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:18 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 12:06:43PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > > so i guess you been on the internet longer then the internet itself! > > I was around, anc connected by UUCP transpported email, when the Great > IP Cutover happened, yes. And clearly, I haven't learned to type (or proofread :

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Tim Booth
Mitul Limbani wrote: Bob, Quoting Bob Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 24 years hey ! hmm I think he wrote 23 years ! I've been on the net for 23 years, and I have the same reaction: email sent as a solicitation for business by an individual acting in their Well some people read too much betwe

Learning to Trust (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company)

2006-09-27 Thread Matthew Rubenstein
I've been on "the Internet" since 1981, when it was DARPANet, and I used BitNet. And I was a kid at the time. And I too don't trust "generic" email addresses submitting business offers. In the 25 years since I've dealt with people across "the" Net, doing much business, I've always

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:28:53AM -0400, Bob Smith wrote: > 24 years hey ! > hmm > > that is REALLY fishy.. the internet was born on jan 1 1983 witch makes > it 23 years now... when systems on arpanet where switched to tcp/ip > > unless we thinking on sept 1 1969 ( nice unix timestamp 1) when a

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Mitul Limbani
Bob, Quoting Bob Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 24 years hey ! hmm I think he wrote 23 years ! I've been on the net for 23 years, and I have the same reaction: email sent as a solicitation for business by an individual acting in their Well some people read too much between lines ;) .. # cat t

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Bob Smith
You are totaly right.. now scammers/ and fly by nights can hide under free email services using phished paypals accounts to sign for domain name.. so when in the old days could trust the don't do business with free email clients.. now its useless they can hide everywhere.. time to rethink t

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Bob Smith
24 years hey ! hmm that is REALLY fishy.. the internet was born on jan 1 1983 witch makes it 23 years now... when systems on arpanet where switched to tcp/ip unless we thinking on sept 1 1969 ( nice unix timestamp 1) when arpanet was actualy born but that was DOD.. and i guess you prolly whe

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Mitul Limbani
Hello, Quoting Wow Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have to agree with this as well. There is SO much spam around that when you see something business related come from gmail, yahoo, hotmail, AOL, you tend to just delete it. Corey While someone has dug up this topic, I am fairly on the side i

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Wow Account
ptember 27, 2006 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company > On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:59:48PM -0400, William Piper wrote: > >We have regular email addresses just like everyone else & it was > >even put in the original email that was sent. We just don&#x

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:59:48PM -0400, William Piper wrote: >We have regular email addresses just like everyone else & it was >even put in the original email that was sent. We just don't use >it for our Asterisk list... plain & simple. I know many people in >the Asterisk communit

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-27 Thread Matthew Rubenstein
I am always interested to see how experienced members of this community decide how to trust other parties in this market. There's a lot of opportunity for betraying that trust. And lots of fly-by-nighters. I learn not only how to look for signs of trustworthiness, but also how to appear mor

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-26 Thread William Piper
If you don't want to do business with someone that uses a gmail address for their mail list, then don't.   We have regular email addresses just like everyone else & it was even put in the original email that was sent. We just don't use it for our Asterisk list... plain & simple. I know many people

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-26 Thread Fred Cole
i second that one whole heartedly. On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:53:59 -0400, Mark Phillips wrote > Y'know, I'm always very suspicious of businesses whom advertise their > services from a personal mail account; particularly a gmail type > account. It always makes me feel that they are somewhat fly-by-nig

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-26 Thread Fred Cole
yet another signup process to view rates.  traditionally, i go with people who can give me their rates upfront without going through hassles.  if you got great rates, then lets see them.  On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:35:32 -0400, William Piper wrote > List, >   > SkyNET Telesystems has just intr

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-26 Thread William Piper
You can always contact us via our standard email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   I use gmail for all asterisk listings. It is much easier to manage email listings.   Thanks,   bp  On 9/26/06, Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Y'know, I'm always very suspicious of businesses whom advertise their

Re: [asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-26 Thread Mark Phillips
Y'know, I'm always very suspicious of businesses whom advertise their services from a personal mail account; particularly a gmail type account. It always makes me feel that they are somewhat fly-by-night. Mark On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 23:35 -0400, William Piper wrote: > List, > > SkyNET Telesystem

[asterisk-biz] New Wholesale Company

2006-09-25 Thread William Piper
List,   SkyNET Telesystems has just introduced a new wholesale platform. Feel free to give it a try. Signup is free & rates are quite competative. http://www.skynet-tel.com/wholesale/   Rates can be viewed after creating an account and logging into the user interface. We also offer bulk rates... e