Re: Moderator note - e-mail filters...

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Original poster: "Chip Atkinson by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chip-at-pupman-dot-com>

I just checked and Ken is indeed still on the list.  Spam filters.
I wonder if we could become an EMSP -- email service provider.  Perhaps
web access, don't know about that for sure, but something where we can
provide unfiltered email.

Chip

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Terry Fritz wrote:

 > Hi All,
 >
 > I think Ken Herrick is the latest "victim" of the "ISP spam filter"
 > thing....  Grrrrrrrrrrrrr >:-(((
 >
 > ----------------
 > Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:04:50 -0700
 > "Hi Terry-
 >
 > I haven't been getting the List for some days now.  Is it down?
 >
 > Ken Herrick"
 > ---------------------------------
 >
 > Geee...  NO!    Not at all............
 >
 >
 > All it take is for a few folks to hit that "this is spam" thing and the
 > Tesla list get put on some "bad list" that other ISPs pick up on....
 >
 > All these ISP's seem to be jumping "overboard" filtering mail these
 > days...  I guess there is a "new" need for "unfiltered mail" now...
 >
 > I have a new server online (just the "canned" page right now...):
 >
 > http://twfpowerelectronics-dot-com
 >
 > But it does have totally ->un-filtered<- (I have "SPECIFICALLY" "POUNDED
 > AND BEAT" the upstream folks about filtering...) POP e-mail capability...
 >
 > So if you suddenly "in need" a POP e-mail account accessible through say
 > free Eudora (www.eudora-dot-com) then maybe I can help out...
 >
 > This is way "too" early to be doing this, but if you need "Un-filtered
 > E-mail" to get the Tesla list, I "think" i can do it...
 >
 > Write me at:
 >
 > terrellf-at-qwest-dot-net
 >
 > and I'll try to work it out...
 >
 > If I were insane, I guess I would register "Un-filtered E-mail" as a "trade
 > mark" ;-))  But I will let those folks jump off that cliff without "me" 
;-)))
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry
 >
 >
 >
 > >Hi All,
 > >
 > >I see a bunch of ISPs are putting in SPAM filters these days.  J.B. and
 > >now Bart seem to have fallen victim to this ;-((    Just like AOL, these
 > >filters are not too good at filtering and they sometimes think the Tesla
 > >list is SPAM =:O
 > >
 > >So If you suddenly stop getting Tesla list mail for a day or so and the
 > >note at:
 > >
 > >http://hot-streamer-dot-com
 > >
 > >says the list is up, it may very well be that your ISP is "playing" with
 > >SPAM filters.  Chip and I cannot help you much here.  Have to get on the
 > >phone to the ISP and yell at them...
 > >
 > >Cheers,
 > >
 > >         Terry
 >