[pct-l] problem with the list

[Kevin Cook]

If I was the admin, I wouldn't work with them. Microsoft can be a major PITA
to work with. Hopefully Brick is more tolerant of MS.

I can't recommend Gmail enough. Threaded email is such a dramatic
improvement over the old style of viewing email that it almost makes the old
method obsolete.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Peter Shaw <pshaw999 at cox.net> wrote:

> The issue is with msn and hotmail. Microsoft has blacklisted the PCT-L
> because it somehow got assessed as a spam generator. I gave MSN some caustic
> feedback over this and they basically said the server administrator has to
> work with them to get the block lifted. Brick is aware of the problem and is
> working it. The same thing happened a few months back with other email
> providers (such as Comcast) and Brick eventually convinced them that the
> list was a bona fide system serving the PCT community.
>
> The only way around the msn/hotmail issue at the moment is to temporarily
> change your list profile to another email (such as g-mail) that does not
> involve any Microsoft mail products or services.
>
> Peanut Eater
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Jim & Jane Moody
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 12:25 PM
> To: James F. Miller
> Cc: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net; Melissa Rexilius; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] problem with the list
>
>
>
> Hotmail might be a problem, but it's not the only one.  Several weeks ago I
> stopped receiving list emails, as did others, I'm told.  I double-checked my
> settings, disabled the mail feature, re-enabled it, but nothing worked.
>
>
>
> I was out of town for a week, so I disabled the mail while I was gone.
>  When I got back, I enabled the mail feature and the list messages started
> coming in.  I use Comcast for email.
>
>
>
> Now my problem is that when I post a response to a thread, sometimes it
> gets posted and sometimes it doesn't.
>
>
>
> Could it be because I love corn pasta, hike barefooted, take my 6 mo. old
> baby with me on the PCT, eat snakes, and don't pack out my tp?
>
>
>
> Mango
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James F. Miller" <jamesfrederickmiller at gmail.com>
> To: "Melissa Rexilius" <melissa.rexilius at hotmail.com>
> Cc: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net, pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 1:31:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] problem with the list
>
> Hotmail is the problem.
> I resubscribed with gmail.
> On Feb 9, 2011 10:01 AM, "Melissa Rexilius" <melissa.rexilius at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Brick,
> >
> >
> >
> > I haven't been receiving messages from the PCT-l in over a month, so I
> re-subscribed to the list. Is there something wrong as to why I am not
> receiving the daily batch anymore?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Melissa
> >
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