Jim,
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, british-cars-digest wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:55:07 -0500
> Hi Randall,
> I don't blame you a bit but here is the deal. I have recently switched to
>this high speed connection through earthlink and this is the first time I have
>posted to a newsgroup such as this since then. What happens is that by
>default, or default to me as my wife set up this account, that nasty message
>gets sent out anytime anyone who has not emailed me before emails me for the
>first time. It is a fairly misleading message also because what actually
>happens is that your initial email gets put in a special folder that I then
>can go to and hit a button to 'move to inbox and add to contact list' which I
>immediately did for your email and some others from the list. So the next
>time you email me you don't get that nast message and it comes directly to my
>inbox.
> But the larger point I am making to you and anyone else out there nice enough
>to take the time to write is to completely ignore that automatic reply and
>rest assured that you will be added to my inbox without you having to do
>anything other than ignore that arrogant message. In fact I will do my best
>to see if I can edit that Earthlink provided message to make it more accurate
>and less offensive.
> I would be glad to know how others deal with this on newsgroups other than
>just turning the darn thing off because I don't think our in house admin (the
>wife) would be in favor of that.
Then get a gmail account.
I don't know why anyone would use their ISP's email anyway. You lose
access to the email account if you want to change ISP, why give your ISP
anything to lock you in?
Regards,
Simon
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