Re: IS the Hobbyist program active, I can't get any results

From: Bill Gunshannon (bill_at_cs.uofs.edu)
Date: 07/08/05 

Date: 8 Jul 2005 15:13:04 GMT

In article <05070809525183_20200298@antinode.org>,
        sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda) writes:
> From: "John Smith" <a@nonymous.com>
>
>> Perhaps adding a bit of discussion on the licence registration page about
>> the way MSN (and some other) e-mail services and/or spam filters can trash
>> paks being sent to registrants and a reminder to use an e-mail account which
>> does not aggressively delete incoming mail might help eliminate recurring
>> concerns such as the OP raised.
>
> Perhaps it would be useful to send (perhaps as an option, or
> automatically after a duplicate request) a second e-mail message which
> looks less like junk and informs the recipient that the license/PAK
> e-mail has been sent.

Considering that they do this gratis using time that could be spent
doing other things, like being with their families, I see no reason
why they should have to make up for the shortcomings of someone else's
email service. I posted early on that I suspected it was "aggressive
spam filtering". That's not Dave's problem and I certainly don't
see why he should have to put in the extra time and effort to fix
it.

>
> Of course, handling my own e-mail service, I don't have this problem,
> so it's not a high priority.

I can't imagine why anyone would use MSN, YAHOO or any of the other
"public" email services. First, I have no reason to believe they
don't sell your personal information and second, considering how
little I trust them, I also see no reason why I should believe they
are not scanning my emails looking for useful information. If I
were a business, I would definitely not use them.

bill 

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