  jlupienPremium,VIP
join:2001-02-20
Ladysmith, BC | Spam? I have to wonder, are the long delays shown here caused by the volume of spam on the internet? Email servers are getting choked to death. Until we come up with some sort of reliable authentication process for receiving mail, I don't thin kthis can be corrected...
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 Brianv5Low Level FunctionaryPremium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV |  That's why I log everything!
Once they find they spelled hotmail as hotmial, then they quit complaining about "the stupid email thing" that doesn't work.
Of course with Verisign's DNS settings now, god only knows where misspelled domain emails are going!
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 SarahPremium,ExMod 2002-05
join:2001-01-09
Cambridge, MA
kudos:5 | Reliable? E-mail? Ha... I have found it to be nearly impossible to get a reliable e-mail provider for my office.
We just switched our e-mail for the 5th or 6th time in about four years. Verizon was the worst offender, with e-mails disappearing for weeks at a time, multi-hour hold times for tech support who would tell me there was no problem, etc. Atrocious - and that's with a business account! I'd hate to see what residential customers got.
Our latest provider blamed Sobig.F for the 24-hour delays we were having, but when the delays popped up again in November, they didn't have any excuses except that "no one else is having a problem, just you." That combined with the loss of 24 hours worth of my boss's e-mails, plus the fact that their server got blacklisted by AOL, and the lack of spam filtering... it was enough for me to switch, AGAIN. Wish me luck this time. 
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 |  Vamp5c077Premium
join:2003-01-28
MD
kudos:1 | Re: Secondary Mail Server/MX Record Some of the email realiability problems are just from filters alone rather then bad mail servers. | |
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|  justinAustralian
join:1999-05-28
New York, NY
kudos:7
IPv6
Business Connectiv..
Console/Handheld g..
Console Tech
Home/Office setup ..
| easydns does this for any domains you have with them. They provide the backup MX record (unless you wish to take that away), then when your mail server is down, they spool up the mail and deliver it to you when it is up again.
Very useful.
Only one down-side: if you are deny spamming IPs or whatever, the spammers will sometimes try the MX backup mail spool instead .. which may accept the spam, then pass it on to you, getting past your IP bans. | |
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 KeysCaptPremium,Mod
join:2001-07-11
Keys Exile
kudos:1
Time Warner Cable ..
Weather
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AT&T Southeast
Sports Chat
| No hurry .... Wow.
Time-Warner would have better luck putting a postage stamp on their email and walking it to the nearest Post Office.
It would be nice to see some other providers included in this scorecard. It would also be nice to see them take email as a serious issue, rather than treat it as a "perk" of their service. | |
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 ·Skytex Wireless
| I hate to do it but... (b) SBC YAHOO! MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE AND/OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE AND/OR SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE (FOR EXAMPLE BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, SBC YAHOO! DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS RECEIVE EMAILS ADDRESSED TO YOU), (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE AND/OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE AND/OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICE AND/OR SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
This is from the SBC/Yahoo! TOS (simply because it is the one I have easy access to), but I'm sure the other providers have similar verbiage in their TOSes.
It would be nice if email were 100% reliable and error free, but its not. In other words, DON'T USE IT FOR LIFE OR DEATH COMMUNICATION, IMPORTANT CONTRACTS, ETC. | |
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| | email sucks Ok. So email sucks anyway. I try not to use it. I only use it cause I have to, not cause I want to.
DOWN WITH EMAIL!!!! | |
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|  mrchrisOut and aroundPremium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY |  Re: OOL Email Sucks!
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| | Use USPS No, just kidding! I sometimes lose e-mail being sent to another party when using my school's e-mail account. I never get it bounced back or any kind of indication it never arrived. Sometimes, the incoming mail never arrives either. Of course talking to the IT Dept. here is almost useless. They'll blame it on the other ISP having problems and it will just turn into a big blame game with everyone blaming everyone else. | |
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 ZertossJust Say No To Caps Lock
join:2001-08-01
Clute, TX | Alternatives For just keeping in touch with my friends, I usually just use Instant Messaging. Free web based email like Yahoo and Hotmail work well for me too. They aren't 100% reliable, but they get the job done.
It seems to me that software on the user's (sender or receiver) computer causes more problems than the actual email servers.
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 ArchAngel21xWaiting For iPhone 5Premium
join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE | It's Just Another Reason Why I am glad I don't depend on my ISP for e-mail. | |
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| Brianv5Low Level FunctionaryPremium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV | Re: It's Just Another Reason Yeah seriously, I'd rather run my own and not have anyone else to complain to.
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| |  FutureMonIs voting for ObamaPremium,ExMod 2002-05
join:2000-10-05
Long Beach, CA | I run my own email server...but early on I made the mistake of opting in to a lot of junk in the interest of sweepstakes and such....Now I get around 700 pieces of mail per day...
I have to read each and every subject of this spam just so I won't accidentally delete a valid email from someone I know...and even then there is a chance I will delete a valid mail.
Just yesterday I got an email from a recruiter - he had left the subject line blank. Normally those are the first ones I delete, but luckily since he had left me a voicemail too and I knew his name, I was able to keep that particular message based on the "sent from" info.
Changing my email address and disabling the one I have used for the past 8 years is about the only option I have - but could cost me considerable business since there are people who only know the one address and if I were to advertise the change it will only lead to spam on the new address.
- FM
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| | | ArchAngel21xWaiting For iPhone 5Premium
join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE Reviews:
 ·Internet Nebraska
| Re: It's Just Another Reason said by FutureMon:
Just yesterday I got an email from a recruiter - he had left the subject line blank. Normally those are the first ones I delete
I have had a couple people request that I put something in the subject line. I am going to assume it's because of this reason. One thing you might try, ask people to put a certain word in the subject line every time. Pud does that with www.fuckedcompany.com. I don't know how he set it up, but e-mail is bounced back if his name is not in the subject line.
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if I were to advertise the change it will only lead to spam on the new address.
So just inform the people you want to know?
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| | | | FutureMonIs voting for ObamaPremium,ExMod 2002-05
join:2000-10-05
Long Beach, CA | Re: It's Just Another Reason said by ArchAngel21x:
So just inform the people you want to know?
That's just it. I've given it out to many many people over the years....and haven't necessarily had any recent contact with them or even have a current address for them. However, should they decide to contact me, my address is still valid.
I've tried the "put something in the subject line" before too. It doesn't work very well. People generally don't remember such things unless they communicate with me on a regular basis...
- FM
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| | | said by ArchAngel21x:
Why I am glad I don't depend on my ISP for e-mail.
Of course you depend upon your ISP for email...everyone does, regardless of whether or not you run your own.
Unless of course you are your own ISP, that is...:) | |
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| | ArchAngel21xWaiting For iPhone 5Premium
join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE Reviews:
·Internet Nebraska
| Re: It's Just Another Reason said by garagerock:
said by ArchAngel21x:
Why I am glad I don't depend on my ISP for e-mail.
Of course you depend upon your ISP for email...everyone does, regardless of whether or not you run your own.
Unless of course you are your own ISP, that is...:)
Hrm....well in a round about way....yes.
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| Brianv5Low Level FunctionaryPremium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV | Running your own mail server doesn't require relaying. Have your own DNS domain and MX entries and route your own mail.
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 MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | So... So, we don't have a perfect system. What else is new? If your e-mail is reliable the other option is telephone or snail-mail. Both of these also are not 100% bullet proof.
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 kstuartKen StuartPremium
join:2003-10-15
N California | Yahoo was the best of those tested quote:
I hate to do it but...
(b) SBC YAHOO! MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT...
Yeah, but note that on the Watch site, Yahoo was easily the best performing of all the tested servers.
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|  linicxCaveat EmptorPremium
join:2002-12-03
United State | Re: Yahoo was the best of those tested Yahoo is just fine when it works. I didn't get mail for two weeks.
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 ·Cox HSI
| Fax a copy For "business", I usually fax a copy of the email IF it is important. Why not just fax then? Good question. I do find myself faxing more because I know they will get it. Yes, everyone in their office will probably read it before it get to the sender, but when it really it is important - the more eyes that see it the better.
One company that I deal with has a office policy about emailing - snail mail a copy. Yea, it seems silly but CYA when it is business stuff. | |
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 MsTerraCallipygianPremium
join:2002-08-20
The Bubble
kudos:1 | Pobody's nerfect I've been using email regularly since 1990, when most users were in the .edu and .gov domains and before spam, and I've never expected 100% reliability. It's unrealistic to expect anything to work right 100% of the time. Snail mail gets lost, phone calls get disconnected, fax machines jam, emails disappear into the aether. Stuff happens. I use Earthlink both at work and at home, and the success rate has been totally satisfactory. As always, YMMV.
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| | Receiving Email From Comcast Cubscribers
My ISP uses Brightmail to filter spam and it does an OK job.
Now here's the rub.
Emails sent from this Comcast address are regularly tied up for two hours or longer before I receive them.
After reading quibbly's post »Spam is great for job security it's starting to make sense.
I should also note her father experiences the same problem using Hotmail.
I have been blaming Comcast's server for the problem, but now am I starting to think that because of the originating server her emails are being spooled for spam inspection before they are released.
Am I way off base here or do I at least have a clue?
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| | | Re: Receiving Email From Comcast Cubscribers nope, you're not too far off. Comcast isn't likely to be checking your friend's outgoing email.
Comcast's server is overloaded checking ALL the inbound mail for spam and viruses, and doesn't have time to send that email to your ISP. | |
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| | Regular mail is just as bad. I have more trouble with the post office than with my cox email. I often receive destroyed letters in clear plastic bags say sorry we ate your mail. I mail something off and it never gets there. With email and internet you can be sent a confirmation instantly to know if that person got it. | |
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|  Vchat20Landing is the REAL challengePremium
join:2003-09-16
Columbus, OH | strange emails and spam, oh my first off, i dont use my isp's email. probably because weve switched our isp's about 5 times in the past couple months. but ive been using a hotmail account as my main account for the past couple years now and have not had a single problem. as a matter of fact, the delay time is probably in the range of a few seconds for 99.9% of the time. and as far as spam is concerned, i just set the spam filtering on extreme where everything goes to my junk mail box unless is say otherwise. if anything i see the lost email problem being common user error. with people making strange usernames nowadays with geek talk (numbers in place of letters), its not hard to get the email address wrong. the part about delayed email i just blame on spam and any of the latest virii that cause spam. i mean, in the time frame of a single day, theres got to be anywhere from a couple billion to a couple trillion at the least spam emails that filter all across the net. | |
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join:2003-09-16
Columbus, OH | get hotmail | |
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| CRB114
join:2002-02-08
Purcellville, VA | Fastmail.fm: a small provider with great service
I heavily recommend fastmail.fm to anyone looking for a great webmail/IMAP mail solution. Great accounts, no spam, and service that has yet to drop an email. | |
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