[6pack] [TR] Help with the list please

[Robert Lang]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Rick Patton wrote:

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> cutting the number of messages way back but that wasn't that case. If
> you are using Thunderbird take a look in your Junk folder.

This isn't necessarily just a Thunderbird thing... if you use ANY 
filtering, you need to check the junk folder from time to time for false 
positives. Then you have to adjust your filter settings.

I do a lot of helpdesk stuff for e-mail problems. e-mail filters can be a 
really big problem when set up wrong!!

But a LOT of the mail lists out there are switching to forums to fix the 
overhead of maintaining e-mail lists and it's not just because of AOL. For 
example, it's not unusual for my employer's domain to get "black listed", 
so folks here spend a rediculous amount of time working with AOL and 
Comcast and other ISPs who do some pretty weird stuff to "stop spam". None 
of it is effective, mind you. Afterall, some counts indicate 90% of e-mail 
is SPAM.

Go figure.

> Rick Patton
> pattonmachine.com
> 75 TR6sci
> 74 TVR 2500M

regards,
rml
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