Re: Starting to get annoyed.

Freewheeling wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> Freewheeling wrote:
>>
>>> I've whitelisted an academic listserve I've subscribed to for four
>>> months, but Spamcop continues to send its emails to "Held Mail."

>> Discussing a problem with heldmail is best done by discussing the
>> particular SC Xlines which show why it was held.
>>
> What the heck is that, and why should it concern me in the least?
> Seriously, if Spamcop can't accomodate my circumstances then I
> shouldn't be paying them anything.

Well then, having a discussion here turned out to be a waste of my/our
time -- since you never described a situation where a wanted mail was
being held and so 'we' never got into a problem-solving mode.  Too bad.

You just wanted to beef about something -- which I presently think was
your own incompetence to properly configure your whitelist, until proven
otherwise.

> Bottom line is that, as yet, 75% of the emails I get in my inbox are
> spam.  The service is crap.

Sounds like you don't know how to properly configure to identify spam
and you also don't know how to properly configure to identify
whitelisted.  On top of that, you also don't know how to 'configure' to
learn how to do it properly.  I think it is time for you to skedaddle.

> Time to pull the plug on this sucker, I think.

Mebbe so.

>  I just renewed, but
> I'm going to tell my bank to demand a refund, because the product was
> sold under fraudulent circumstances.

Most likely if you want a refund, the admin would be happy to give you a
refund, without you getting into a pissing contest between your bank and
your legitimate charges and your flakey opinion about those legitimate
charges.

> I'll also post about this on my
> blog, which is reasonably well-read (top 30).  A ripoff is a ripoff.

Do you publish whatever anyone has to say in rebuttal to your misguided
opinions on your blog?  Or is your blog a one-way, opinionated, no
rebuttals allowed, kinda blog?

> I'm really angry, and this has been building for some time.

Maybe you should've gotten some help configuring your filters
appropriately before you got so frustrated.

Maybe you not only don't know how to configure, you also don't know how
to get help with what you don't know how to do.


He who knows not and knows not he knows not is a fool, shun him.^1



^1  Men are four: He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a
fool--shun him; He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is
simple--teach him; He who knows and knows not he knows, he is
asleep--wake him; He who knows and knows he knows, hi is wise--follow
him!

Author: Lady Burton
Source: given as an Arabian proverb



-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin