Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-11 Thread william(at)elan.net
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote: william(at)elan.net wrote: You need to have protocol to map it from. HTTP is not a protocol but type of transport of initial email submission data to a submission server. Really?! Yes. Since we're talking text messaging protocols (i.e

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-11 Thread Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.
william(at)elan.net wrote: You need to have protocol to map it from. HTTP is not a protocol but ^ type of transport of initial email submission data to a submission server. Really?! -- Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur acti

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-11 Thread william(at)elan.net
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Tony Finch wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, william(at)elan.net wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Tony Finch wrote: Far better to use a Received: header stating HTTP in the "with" protocol field. (And the IANA registry should be updated to include that as one of the standard value

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-11 Thread Tony Finch
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, william(at)elan.net wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Tony Finch wrote: > > > > Far better to use a Received: header stating HTTP in the "with" > > protocol field. (And the IANA registry should be updated to include > > that as one of the standard values.) > > That suggestion is l

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-11 Thread william(at)elan.net
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Tony Finch wrote: On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Fergie wrote: Ack: X-Originating-From should be mandatory. Far better to use a Received: header stating HTTP in the "with" protocol field. (And the IANA registry should be updated to include that as one of the standard values.)

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-11 Thread Tony Finch
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Fergie wrote: > Ack: X-Originating-From should be mandatory. Far better to use a Received: header stating HTTP in the "with" protocol field. (And the IANA registry should be updated to include that as one of the standard values.) Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-07 Thread Bill Stewart
On 9/6/06, Stephen Sprunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Telling half my family members they have to go get Gmail so they can email the other half of my family members is ridiculous. Too bad Comcast has a monopoly (or, where a duopoly, the competition is just as incompetent) so they have no incenti

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-07 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, S. Ryan wrote: > > > Christopher L. Morrow wroteth on 9/6/2006 5:11 PM: > > something truly wrong? So escalating every problem that seems even half > > baked isn't an option? > > You're probably right. However, if someone called my place of > employment (a small local ISP) an

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-07 Thread S. Ryan
Christopher L. Morrow wroteth on 9/6/2006 5:11 PM: On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Stephen Sprunk wrote: Because Comcast's tools are broken and when other mail admins or even their own customers call them on it, they're not even competent enough to understand the complaint and refuse to escalate? I ha

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-07 Thread Warren Kumari
On Sep 6, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Stephen Sprunk wrote: Because Comcast's tools are broken and when other mail admins or even their own customers call them on it, they're not even competent enough to understand the complaint and refuse to escalat

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-07 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake "Sean Donelan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But there is no requirement to use your ISP's mail server or any other application from your ISP. Likewise there is no requirement for a ISP to offer any E-mail or Usenet, or FTP, or legal music downloads, or any other application to its customers

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: Perhaps some of the comcast folks reading might take a better/harder look at their customer service tickets and do a 'better' job (note I'm not even half of a comcast customer so I'm not sure that there even IS a problem...) on this issue? I am

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-06 Thread Simon Lyall
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: > Perhaps some of the comcast folks reading might take a better/harder look > at their customer service tickets and do a 'better' job (note I'm not even > half of a comcast customer so I'm not sure that there even IS a > problem...) on this issue?

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-06 Thread Nick Burke
Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > Because Comcast's tools are broken and when other mail admins or even > their own customers call them on it, they're not even competent enough > to understand the complaint and refuse to escalate? > It doesn't matter even if you are escalated. One of our (and their)

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-06 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > Because Comcast's tools are broken and when other mail admins or even > their own customers call them on it, they're not even competent enough > to understand the complaint and refuse to escalate? I hate to say this, and get involved in the melee, bu

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-06 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake "Sean Donelan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Tony Li wrote: I've taken the rather extreme approach of bouncing everything through Gmail first. Let's see them block Google. ;-) Patient: Doctor, Doctor, It hurts when I do this. Doctor: Don't do that. Not very helpful a

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-06 Thread Robert Boyle
At 03:24 PM 9/6/2006, you wrote: Once upon a time, Sean Donelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > You don't have to exchange E-mail with either Google, Comcast or any other > Mail Service Provider if you don't want to. Just wait until "Net Neutrality" laws require you to. ...or with spammers! That'

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-06 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Sean Donelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > You don't have to exchange E-mail with either Google, Comcast or any other > Mail Service Provider if you don't want to. Just wait until "Net Neutrality" laws require you to. -- Chris Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems and Network Admini

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-06 Thread Sean Donelan
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Fergie wrote: Ack: X-Originating-From should be mandatory. Mandatory and the Internet? Heck even our standards are called "requests." You don't have to exchange E-mail with either Google, Comcast or any other Mail Service Provider if you don't want to. You don't even

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-01 Thread Fergie
Ack: X-Originating-From should be mandatory. $.02, - ferg -- David Ulevitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sep 1, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Brandon Galbraith wrote: > I never understood why Gmail didn't put an X-Originating-From > header in mail sent out by web users. Seconded! It may not be a r

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-01 Thread David Ulevitch
On Sep 1, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Brandon Galbraith wrote: I never understood why Gmail didn't put an X-Originating-From header in mail sent out by web users. Seconded! It may not be a requirement but the omission is certainly inconsistent with most web-based email services, particularly a po

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-01 Thread Brandon Galbraith
I never understood why Gmail didn't put an X-Originating-From header in mail sent out by web users.-brandonOn 9/1/06, Steven Champeon < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:on Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:45:53AM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote: > For example, Gmail doesn't include the originating IP address in its> emai

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-01 Thread Steven Champeon
on Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:45:53AM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote: > For example, Gmail doesn't include the originating IP address in its > email which makes it even more difficult for spam filters to judge its > reputation. You misspelled "makes it a veritable haven for 419 scammers". -- hesketh.co

RE: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-09-01 Thread Sean Donelan
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Tony Li wrote: I've taken the rather extreme approach of bouncing everything through Gmail first. Let's see them block Google. ;-) Patient: Doctor, Doctor, It hurts when I do this. Doctor: Don't do that. There are lots of Mail Service Providers. AOL, Comcast, Gmail, Ya

RE: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-08-31 Thread Tony Li
> > Has anyone ever managed to open a dialogue with symantec > (or comcast) > > about that fscked up proprietary RBL they are using? > > > > We're on the verge of just giving up on comcast > > I know Sender Verification Callback has its issues, but maybe it > would make sense to only accept

Re: comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-08-31 Thread Rik van Riel
Mark Jeftovic wrote: Has anyone ever managed to open a dialogue with symantec (or comcast) about that fscked up proprietary RBL they are using? We're on the verge of just giving up on comcast I know Sender Verification Callback has its issues, but maybe it would make sense to only accept em

comast email issues, who else has them?

2006-08-28 Thread Mark Jeftovic
Has comcast ever responded to a ping on this list? Has anyone ever managed to open a dialogue with symantec (or comcast) about that fscked up proprietary RBL they are using? We're on the verge of just giving up on comcast and telling our customers to forward their email someplace else (a lo