toasterhead1
Toasterhead
join:2002-07-01
Norcross, GA
clubs:
| Definatly do not like the new email
Connecting to the mail servers takes forever compared to att
I'm getting more spam - and I never signed up with one thing with my comcast or att email... thats what hotmail is for
And they are comcasting erm i mean black listing legitamate sources |
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coastdweller4
"Teh Fff Wizard"
join:2002-01-29
Modesto, CA | Related?
»www.webhostingtalk.com/showthrea···d=159986 |
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ChicagoCPA
join:2001-12-02
Mokena, IL
| Seems like a one man campaign on the Comcast forum
If you read the forums, it seems like two Anonymous users (could be the same person, given the wording similarity) are posting every thread where comcast has blocked an ISP. Given the amount of spam that I receive, I am pleased that there are some consequences to having spammers use your services.
As far as I am concerned Blacklist them all. |
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oliphant5
Got Identity?
Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA | Amen. I have no problem with the blacklisting either. |
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scaredpoet
join:2001-03-26
Monmouth Junction, NJ
| That's all fine and good, but they're blacklisting domains such as pobox.com. Most poeple on pobox (myself included) use the service because it has spam *filtering* technology that you have complete control over. All of my mail goes through pobox, and if some spammer has found a way to circumvent spam filters, I can add a filter of my own. Not to mention, a LOT of former attbi users have pobox because they like the idea that if their e-mail address ever changes (and it has of course), then they won't have to sweat it because they've given out their pobox.com address instead. You just direct pobox to forward mail to the new domain and you're done.
Why comcast would block legit domains is beyond me. Maybe they just don't like admitting that their customers are tired of their e-maill address changing so often, and have to resort to remailer services like bigfoot and pobox.
Also, see:
»www.pobox.com/spam_policy.html |
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scaredpoet
join:2001-03-26
Monmouth Junction, NJ
| An update from pobox...
From pobox:
July 2, 2003 (Updated 8:35 PM): Problem delivering mail to AT&T/Comcast
At approximately 11:30 a.m. EDT, AT&T/Comcast updated their spam filters such that mail passing through certain pobox.com mail exchange servers was bounced. We contacted AT&T about the problem immediately, and took steps to work around the problem until we heard from them, but it has grown increasingly worse throughout the day. Since AT&T has been unable to provide a time estimate on when this problem would be fixed, we are now holding mail for all accounts forwarding to the following domains:
comcast.net
att.net
attbi.com
If you have more than one forwarding address, your mail is still being sent to your unaffected account; when the problem is resolved with AT&T/Comcast, all your held mail will be delivered to your affected account.
If your only forwarding address is at one of those affected domains, we have set up a temporary IMAP account for your Pobox address. You can find instructions on how to set this up at »www.pobox.com/mailstore.mhtml.
More instructions on how to set up an IMAP account should be found in the help documentation for your email program.
You may prefer to add a second forwarding address to your account. Any mail held in your IMAP account will be forwarded to your affected forwarding address once the problem is resolved.
Additionally, we recommend that all users with affected accounts contact customer service at these ISPs requesting that the pobox.com mail exchange servers be removed from their blacklist. In general, the more complaints they receive, the faster the problem will be resolved.
We are committed to resolving this problem swiftly, and with minimal disruption to your service. If you have any further questions about this matter or you need any further assistance, please contact us at pobox@pobox.com. |
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Nice Try5
join:2003-04-17
Silver Spring, MD
| reply to ChicagoCPA
Re: Seems like a one man campaign on the Comcast forum
Why don't you just stop being lazy, or cheap, and do a little homework and figure out how to facilitate your own spam filtering mechanism. There are plenty of support forums on the web, including here at dslr that provide help and assistance in setting up filters for spam. Or you could purchase, for a nominal fee, a helper utility for your email client.
Stop asking everyone else to do your work for you. If you were naive enough to give some 2bit website your "real" email address or ignorant enough to sign up for some e-mailing list with your primary email account, then shame on you.
I, for one, don't want comcast blocking ANY email sent to me. I hate spam as much as anyone else but if someone doesn't want to look out for themselves, it's their problem not the ISPs. |
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oliphant5
Got Identity?
Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| If you want unfiltered mail get your own domain mail.
[text was edited by author 2003-07-03 12:07:14] |
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Nice Try5
join:2003-04-17
Silver Spring, MD
| Try telling the post office to implement a spam snail-mail filter so you don't get so much junk mail in your mailbox at home.
First of all they'll tell you to jump off a bridge and second of all, I PAY for comcast mail and EXPECT to get ALL the mail addressed to me. If you get junk mail it's your problem, NOT MINE and others who are missing emails from comcast blacklist ips.
Tell a comast business account holder that you don't care if he/she losed 1000's a day because of missed emails due to comcast's buggy isp blocking email system. He/she will spit in your face.
Now go talk crazy somewhere else. We're all stocked up here. (-Jack Nicholson) |
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basarman
join:2000-09-24
Sharon, MA | reply to oliphant5
According to a number of people who have posted and/or sent messages to me in response to some of my posts, they are blocking many private domains, depending on the servers that process their mail. |
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MPScan
Premium
join:2001-08-24
Boston, MA
| Domain E-Mail
I have to agree with one of the posters above. If you want e-mail that NOBODY else has control over, get your own domain name and find a mail hosting provider. I have a domain with godaddy and a hosting account with a provider. You can get a domain for as little as $8/yr and hosting for under $10/mo or you can host yourself for free. It works great here and as an added bonus, as long as you don't give the e-mail out in 'public' places, you won't get spam as spammers target huge domains like aol.com and comcast.net rather than mikespersonalmail.com  |
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oliphant5
Got Identity?
Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| reply to Nice Try5
Re: Seems like a one man campaign on the Comcast forum
said by Nice Try5  :
If you get junk mail it's your problem, NOT MINE and others who are missing emails from comcast blacklist ips.
Actually it looks like this is your problem doesn't it?
Blacklist on Comcast! |
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Nice Try5
join:2003-04-17
Silver Spring, MD
| Hardly. I don't even use comcast except for email I don't care to receive. I just like provoking people. I run my own email server and I've never been compromised
Have a nice day. |
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basarman
join:2000-09-24
Sharon, MA
| reply to ChicagoCPA
That's great, except the services being mentioned do not have a reputation for being used by spammers. It's why I chose the one I did. In fact, the one I use does not provide the ability to send email from one person to another through its services (i.e., no open relay). It simply collects my email and forwards it where I tell it to.
Anyway, have you gotten any less spam over the past couple days as a result of this? I see a lot of messages on the forums from people who claim to be getting substantially more all of a sudden.
I think a solution tailored to actually fix the problem would be most appreciated. Burning down the house to get rid of the ants doesn't make sense. |
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jsouth
Jsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS |  reply to Nice Try5
AHH. A troll. We see now. |
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Nice Try5
join:2003-04-17
Silver Spring, MD | No, not a troll (well sort of). Just having fun on the day before this fine 3 day weekend coming up
It's supposed to be nice here in MD. |
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Nice Try5
join:2003-04-17
Silver Spring, MD
| reply to basarman
said by basarman :
That's great, except the services being mentioned do not have a reputation for being used by spammers.
The point I was trying to get across was just that. Comcast, in their infinite wisdom, has started using a technology that obviously isn't ready for prime time. As a result, legitimate business will suffer. I still don't think they should filter at all though.
quote:
Anyway, have you gotten any less spam over the past couple days as a result of this? I see a lot of messages on the forums from people who claim to be getting substantially more all of a sudden.
See my response above. I don't use comcast email.
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Burning down the house to get rid of the ants doesn't make sense.
Good analogy. Too funny!!! |
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Jetta392
Premium
join:2002-07-14
Martinsville, NJ | reply to Nice Try5
Stop going to penis enlargement sites and you won't get any spam! LOL  |
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Archivis
Your Daddy
Premium
join:2001-11-26
Earth | reply to MPScan
Re: Domain E-Mail
Thats what I do... cept i pay $40/year for my host...
Oh and i run a site off that too |
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MPScan
Premium
join:2001-08-24
Boston, MA | What hosting provider do you use? |
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