Hi Randy,

Good thing I didn't say anything nasty about you!  :-)))

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:38:50 -0800, Randy Jones wrote:

>...
> Email has become very unreliable in recent years, mostly due to insanely 
> aggressive filters -- that many users aren't even aware of.  Just this 
> morning I've been trying all my tricks to get an email through to a high 
> school teacher in Wisconsin who wants to order some stuff.  Any words that 
> suggest a transaction, and sometimes even the presence of my normal email 
> address, seems to be grounds for that system to bounce or vaporize my 
> replies. 

I wonder why this is?  As far as I know, I've *never* had an email I wanted filtered out before I got it, and 
one of my ISPs does use one of the common spam-filters (I forget which).  I wonder why you are hit so hard?

> I've had some folks downright hostile when they don't get my 
> replies, and it's very frustrating when I keep sending reply after reply 
> that they aren't seeing.

I know it would be something of a pain to do, but have you considered the technique that Peter Anderson uses?  
(Sorry to mention the competition - let's give Wouter a name-check too, to be even-handed :-)  He posts a list 
on his web site each day of the towns he has despatched to, so people can check for themselves.

Keep up the good work!  :-)

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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