[RTTY] This is why you are having trouble with the reflector

W0MU Mike Fatchett w0mu at w0mu.com
Thu Apr 17 01:26:39 EDT 2014


Bill,

There is no fixing this.  The companies have made a stupid change to 
their email systems.  The solution is to not use yahoo, hotmail, etc.  
There is a huge thread on this at Towertalk.  It is effecting lots of 
people.

Mike W0MU

On 4/16/2014 10:42 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:          (may be snipped)
>
> On 4/16/2014 8:22 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
>> emails.
>>
>> So because your email address domain (e.g. yahoo.com) does not match the
>> sending domain (e.g. contesting.com) a whole bunch of servers are 
>> bouncing
>> your reflector emails. And the reflectors are unsubscribing you 
>> because of
>> too many bounces.
>
> REPLY:
>
> Actually, nobody is getting unsubscribed but rather being put on a 
> temporary hold status because of too many bounces. You need to talk to 
> your ISP (yahoo.com, hotmail.com or whoever) and get this rectified.
>
> In the meantime, if you email me direct I will re-instate your service 
> immediately, but of course, the same thing could happen again if the 
> problem with your ISP is not fixed.
>
> Also please note that with some ISPs (such as mine) you will not see 
> your own messages to the reflector. They do this to save bandwidth, so 
> they say. My ISP is based on Google, and I I am told that gmail does 
> the same thing. You can overcome this by cc'ing or bcc'ing yourself if 
> you wish.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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