Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-11 Thread Jerry Flanders
Since this relates to the Elecraft reflector email, I guess it is just barely on-toic, so: I have had comcast for years and get almost all my mail directly through my comcast email address and read it with Eudora. Only problem I ever had was when comcast stopped passing along mail from a HPSD

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-11 Thread Mike Scott
>I wonder if those who are stuck with Comcast or simply persist in using it could get *all* their mail by using a yahoo or gmail account. Is it just mail to the comcast email addresses they block or do they actually block traffic from other mail servers? Maybe someone in the know could tell us.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-11 Thread Steve Harvey
Perhaps you could receive mail sent to your arrl.net account and redirected to your ISP account. --Steve, NN0B = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] tr0uble contacting elecraft Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:01 -0400 To

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-11 Thread R. Kevin Stover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Phil Kane wrote: | Our firm cannot do that because we insist on all stuff being stored on our | in-house machines (or through a VPN) because of the sensitive nature of | our clients' data - yes, we are our own ISP and mailserver. Couple to | the fac

RE: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Brett Howard
/wanted. ~Brett (KC7OTG) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Kane Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:56 PM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems On 7/10/2008 3:33 PM, Julian, G4ILO wrote: > I don't know why any

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Phil Kane
On 7/10/2008 3:33 PM, Julian, G4ILO wrote: I don't know why anyone bothers with ISP mailboxes and local PC mail clients any more. I moved all my work and personal email addresses to Gmail accounts I now use Google Docs for spreadsheeting and letter writing, we've moved the office accounts to

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Julian, G4ILO
I don't know why anyone bothers with ISP mailboxes and local PC mail clients any more. I moved all my work and personal email addresses to Gmail accounts which I access via the web and it is just fantastic. I can read my mail from any computer, anywhere in the world, as well as my work PC, shack P

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Phil Kane
On 7/10/2008 1:29 PM, Dave Martin wrote: I wonder if those who are stuck with Comcast or simply persist in using it could get *all* their mail by using a yahoo or gmail account. Is it just mail to the comcast email addresses they block or do they actually block traffic from other mail servers?

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Brendan Minish
Comcast regularly block Entire countries and/or ISP netblocks In addition to this they will not engage with mailadmins (such as myself) from other ISP's Your best bet if you are a comcast subscriber is to use gmail or similar On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 22:37 +0200, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote: > CO

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM
Dave Martin wrote on 07/10/08 01:29 PM: No, Comcast is the worst, by far! (:-)) It's impossible for Rose to reach her case and cover customers that are Comcast subscribers. This is why you see an occasional "broadcast" message from her to a list member. From the customer's viewpoint it just

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Simon Brown (HB9DRV)
COMCAST blocks by sender email address (a poor practice), so if your email address has been used by a spam merchant (as mine is) then you can't talk to COMCAST members. Better providers block by originating IP address as well as other more sophisticated means. Simon Brown, HB9DRV

RE: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Bob Serwy
They can keep Comcast and use a free Google or Hotmail account. Bob Serwy - N9RS Bob Serwy - N9RS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Kopp Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:16 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] OT: ISP

Re: [Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Dave Martin
> No, Comcast is the worst, by far! (:-)) > > It's impossible for Rose to reach her case and cover customers > that are Comcast subscribers. This is why you see an occasional > "broadcast" message from her to a list member. From the customer's > viewpoint it just looks like she's not responded t

[Elecraft] OT: ISP problems

2008-07-10 Thread Ken Kopp
No, Comcast is the worst, by far! (:-)) It's impossible for Rose to reach her case and cover customers that are Comcast subscribers. This is why you see an occasional "broadcast" message from her to a list member. From the customer's viewpoint it just looks like she's not responded to a reques