Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-15 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:27 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: I just kept all my mail on gmail after I signed onto to VZ. I have GMail too, but retrieve it with Thunderbird or online through Yahoo. I don't like the online interface. Much harder to sort than basic Yahoo, or Thunderbird

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-15 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:54 PM, db db...@att.net wrote: What is it you are doing with Agent other than reading newsgroups? Agent handles your local email? I have a mail account that is pretty much limited to what I say on usenet. I figure that account is going to be a major spam trap and I

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-14 Thread b_s-wilk
I think the problem was Verizon. I Googled smtp verizon filtered for the last 24 hours and got 376 hits. 13,100 hits in the last week. Lots of mad people. Apparently Verizon is so panicked about handling spam that they are dropping standard email support. The posts linked to

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-14 Thread tjpa
On Oct 14, 2009, at 2:04 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Verizon is still your friend. Not if they make such changes and don't send proper notice. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-14 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
I just kept all my mail on gmail after I signed onto to VZ. On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: I think the problem was Verizon. I Googled smtp verizon filtered for the last 24 hours and got 376 hits. 13,100 hits in the last week. Lots of mad people. Apparently

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-14 Thread b_s-wilk
I just kept all my mail on gmail after I signed onto to VZ. I have GMail too, but retrieve it with Thunderbird or online through Yahoo. I don't like the online interface. Much harder to sort than basic Yahoo, or Thunderbird client, but filters OK. Don't like their SMTP server settings

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-13 Thread Jordan
I have in the past, but not recently. It's a pain for me to track though because I have gmail sent to Thunderbird, so I don't know if my posts made it unless I check the archives, or someone responds. By the way, I'm one of those who bought the package with Snow Leopard, but I'm in no hurry to

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
I think the problem was Verizon. I Googled smtp verizon filtered for the last 24 hours and got 376 hits. 13,100 hits in the last week. Lots of mad people. Apparently Verizon is so panicked about handling spam that they are dropping standard email support. The posts linked to

[CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-12 Thread Tom Piwowar
An email I sent October 7th just showed up on the List. Has anyone else noticed this kind of thing? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-12 Thread Robert Carroll
No, but I know who coined the term snail mail. Edward Lear, who depicted a letter written on a snail's shell in 1864: http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/snail.html Tom Piwowar wrote: An email I sent October 7th just showed up on the List. Has anyone else noticed this kind of thing?