Re: [NTLK] Potential for large number of bounced messages?

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_home.com)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 14:26:55 EST


at the temporal coordinates: 11/28/01 2:02 PM, the entity known as BK at
bk_newtontalk_at_yahoo.com conveyed the following:

>
>
> On Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 03:34 , Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>
>> There are a number of us on this list who are @Home customers. Excite
>> is
>> making noise like they want to shutdown the entire @Home system this
>> Friday,
>> as part of their ongoing bankruptcy saga. So, just a warning to those
>> running the list (and everyone else)... If there really is a service
>> interruption, I don't know what that many bounced messages will do.
>> Further, I'd guess that a bunch of us might get automagically
>> unsubscribed.
>> Thoughts?
>
> Yahoo doesn't look like they would get into bankruptcy anytime soon, so
> why don't you sign up for a free Yahoo email account. Looking at your
> mail address I would say you have a great chance to get the very same
> name at Yahoo 'cause I don't think this one will have been taken
> already ;-)
>
> Then, unsubscribe and resubscribe with your new account and if available
> set a forward on the old account so that for as long as it remains alive
> it will divert all inbound traffic to you.
>
> Of course there are others like USA.net and M$'s h0tmail, but Yahoo is
> the only one I know of that gives you POP access for free - all you need
> to do is opt in to a once per week "spamming" of your choice. I.e. if
> you select "travel" you'll get a mail from Travelocity with cheap last
> minute airline deals once a week, usually Fridays. That's a reasonable
> deal if you ask me.
>
> rgds
> BK
>

And exactly how would us @Home cable modem users get at Yahoo to use the
free e-mail??? That's at least as big an issue as anything else. It's not
just losing the e-mail addy (though, thinking about figuring out just who
all I'd need to notify of any permanent change is making my head spin), but
potentially a complete loss of Internet access.

- Eric.

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