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Re: Endless Email Hell @Home

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From: George Beinhorn
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 16:06
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Get a second source for email service. It's the only way. I'm using
newsguy.com and have no complaints. Cheap and reliable.

gb

"Sal Orlando" <porieux@_N0-SpAM_sirius.com> wrote in message
news:porieux-FC4C22.23201407122000@news.smateo1.sfba.home.com...
> The appallingly bad email situation for @Home users has sunk to new
depths.
>
> Lots of email is still being lost. Sure, some messages are trickling
through,
> but many messages are not arriving. Many emails from the past week STILL
> have not shown up. Hell, I know specifically of a message from Nov 1 that
is
> still missing!
>
> Has anyone alerted the various media outlets that, contrary to what they
> were told last week, the problem has not been taken care of? It must be
hard
> for some people to realize they are losing mail when there are still a few
coming
> through. I happen to subscribe to a bunch of mailing lists, as well as
having a
> second POP box on another service that my mail is also forwared to, so I
know
> for certain when mail is missing.  I would estimate that at least 60%
lost.
>
> All the FREE Web-based email services I know of have way better service
than this!
> (I need POP service or I would just use one of them) Unfortunately, my
backup POP
> server is too slow to be used for daily use.
>
> Anyone know anywhere else to turn for relialbe POP service?
>
> I haven't had any problems with connectivity through @Home (knocking on
wood..)
> but the email service is about the worst I could possibly imagine. I
really think this
> intermittent crap is a lot worse than if it didn't work at all -- at least
then people
> would KNOW when they weren't getting their mail.
>
> Sal
>
> --
>
> Reality Equals Infinite Resolution
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From: "George Beinhorn" <blahblahspamspamspamtrail9@home.com>
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Subject: Re: Endless Email Hell @Home
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 08:06:38 -0800
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