Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-08-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/01/2005 at 12:00 AM, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >In my naivete, why not? Because it would allow through spam. Spammers are notorious for using forged addresses, and there is nothing to stop them from sending with [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the reverse path, F

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-08-01 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... please add our e-mail address, [EMAIL PROTECTED], to >your address book and safe sender list.". That's not a request that your postmaster is likely to go along with. ... In my naivete, why not? (Of course, I still laugh at the request to do something if you don't receive this) -teD In God

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-08-01 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/28/2005 at 02:14 PM, Hylton Tom P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Recently, the following instructions have prefaced all of the >announcements, >"An increasing number of e-mail clients are using spam blockers that >can affect delivery and display of some e-mail message

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-28 Thread Hylton Tom P
th annual releases of OS, and I applaud their efforts to try to keep me as informed as possible with things like ISource. It's all gravy. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:00 PM To:

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-28 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... To ensure delivery and proper display of your IBM Announcement . . . ... It is to laugh! How the H-E double toothpicks do I follow instructions if I never receive them? Fortunately, I can define what is/is not SPAM. And, I can see the stuff that was deemed to be SPAM. -teD In God we Trust

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-28 Thread Hylton Tom P
teriously as it stopped, or perhaps will at least prompt a response from them. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Yuhas Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: What happened to iSource? I hav

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-28 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... No, I am not going to have IBM send these e-mails to my private e-mail box that I use at home. I keep the two separate ... Open a free INTERNET one for that purpose. There are a couple of sites that won't accept those kinds of accounts, but I did that for the time between when I was down-size

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-28 Thread Mark Yuhas
Thanks for the input. I have no control over our firewalls and/or SPAM filter. Further, the group that administers and maintains these e-mail filters does not send any notification as to what is being filtered or what will be filtered. No, I am not going to have IBM send these e-mails to my priv

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-28 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/27/2005 at 09:47 AM, Mark Yuhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I have subscribed to iSource for a number of years. However, a few >months ago the weekly e-mails stopped. No message. Nothing. Chance are that your mail server is blocking them due to spam issues. If I

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/27/2005 at 12:00 AM, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >There are procedures that these maintainers have to get IP address >ranges taken off the lists. Sadly no one at IBM has taken the >initiative, or even determined why people are reporting IBM for >spamming

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 7/27/2005 4:15:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course, I still haven't figured out how to follow instructions I haven't received. (8-{]} >> Our Help Desk sent out an update memo re one of our servers, "If you don't get this, eMail us!"

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... No Ted - not customers or e-mail recipients, but the volunteer organizations that maintain blacklists. Many, many postmasters use these lists to block spam. There are procedures that these maintainers have to get IP address ranges taken off the lists. Sadly no one at IBM has taken the init

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ray Mullins
initiative, or even determined why people are reporting IBM for spamming. Later, Ray -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Tuesday July 26 2005 17:00 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What happened to iSource? ... I e

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... I e-mailed IBM and the response I got was basically "we're too lazy to contact the keepers of the blacklists to get this resolved." ... Now! Be fair! How can IBM go around and tell every customer how/what to change. That would be: A. Onerous. B. Expensive. C. Ignored (in many cases). It's up t

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:47 AM, Mark Yuhas wrote: I have subscribed to iSource for a number of years. However, a few months ago the weekly e-mails stopped. No message. Nothing. Three weeks ago, I reregistered for iSource and received the usual e-mail acknowledgement. Still no iSource missiv

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Paul Hanrahan
frame Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What happened to iSource? > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mar

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ray Mullins
lazy to contact the keepers of the blacklists to get this resolved." -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Yuhas Sent: Wednesday July 27 2005 09:48 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: What happened to iSource? I have su

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 7/27/2005 11:57:06 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All my email lists are set to REPRO so that I should get copies of my own posts. I no longer get them. But >> I just set mailer to keep a copy of Sent Mail YES and then for Listserv ACK(nowledge) w

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 7/27/2005 11:48:04 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have I committed a social faux pas? Or, is there some secret handshake I am not privy to? >> What's changed on your end? New firewalls, Net Nanny's, OS, routers, switches, IP address(s). Takes two

Re: What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Yuhas > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:48 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: What happened to iSource? > > > I have subscribed to iSource for a n

What happened to iSource?

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Yuhas
I have subscribed to iSource for a number of years. However, a few months ago the weekly e-mails stopped. No message. Nothing. Three weeks ago, I reregistered for iSource and received the usual e-mail acknowledgement. Still no iSource missives. I then sent an e-mail to the iSource people via