[AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy

[JParks]

I sometimes have to do that...(send a test message to individuals wanting
large downloads.)  This is to make sure that the e mail address they have
given me is accurate and to verify that what I send isn't going into a junk
mail box due to his filters.  When that happens they usually call me and
tell me they never received the files.

I am still stuck with a little land line and sending several Mb's takes a
long time.  Having to send these files more than once also tests my
patience.  I had one guy last weekend tell me he wasn't sure of his email
address.  It was either xxx.ca or xxx.com, he could "never remember which,"
so I sent him a test message to both addresses, and never got a reply from
either so he was probably further off in his guesses than he thought!  I am
no longer surprised by how many people give me wrong e mail addresses.
Often I just tell them to send me an email, so I can just hit "reply" and if
that is too much trouble for them, then I figure they don't need the
information bad enough for me to waste my time.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: [AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy


> A couple of years before I retired, I got an email from a bright-eyed
> administrator (AKA in-duh-vidual) who sent out an email to all employees
> that simply said: Please reply to this email so we'll know if you got
> it.
>
> I'm still shaking my head in disbelief over that one.  And yes, I think
> she was a blonde.
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Rick Weaver
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:46 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: RE: [AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy
>
> John,
>
> When I get these things I just don't answer.  If the sender doesn't care
> enough about the answer to preauthorize I don't care enough to reply.
>
> I also get these "please reply and let me update my address book"
> emails.  Those just tell me the person is too lazy to do it themselves.
> I don't respond to those either.  If the email got to me, their address
> book entry is still correct, anyway.
>
> Rick
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of JParks
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:15 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy
>
> I often receive emails from individuals asking for service, operations,
> and
> parts info regarding their machines.  Sometimes it is simple, like date
> of
> manufacture, but often it involves the sending of attachments, and a
> longer
> discourse on what to check or how to proceed in their trouble shooting
> or
> service.  I give it a shot, and reply, only to get hit with an "auto
> reply"
> telling me I have to fill out a questionnaire and ask for approval to
> have
> my email accepted.  I get PO'd.
>
> I am sure that my cantankerous quotient is going up in my old age, as my
> patience level decreases.  I understand the problems which we all face
> with
> spams, scams, fantastic opportunities from Nigeria, and parts orders
> from
> many countries (to be paid for with someone else's credit card number)
> and
> we all try to use products like Mailwasher etc. and have hundreds of
> filter
> criteria.
>
> For those of you using these email servers which require such an
> application
> to receive a response, is it possible for you to preauthorize the
> acceptance
> of an email you are expecting or hoping to receive, or is the respondent
> always required to jump through your hurdles to send you a response to
> an
> email you requested in the first place!?
>
> If pot was not illegal, this might not bother me, but it is and it does.
>
> John Parks
> Boise, ID
>
>
>
>
>
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