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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Paul Schreiber" <pschreiber@...>
To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:41 PM
Subject: My email address has "changed"....sort of.....


> Due to AT&T rolling their server network to replace the former Yahoo DSL, 
> the new SMTP SSL servers are forcing me to use my "official ISP account" 
> email address when I send mail. Official reason: "to assist in eliminating 
> spam-bots from sending email on your account".
>
> This just got switched on a few hours ago :(
>
> Now, I'm going to try my best to see if there is a way out of this, and 
> still use synth1@... as my "account default" in Outlook. However, 
> after checking around several forums, this practice seems to be widespread 
> with AT&T, Verizon and others (the originating address on the email has to 
> match the ISP account email address). Meaning, airmail (Internet America) 
> is *not* my ISP, AT&T is (because AT&T is my local phone provider, and I 
> get a REALLY good deal on it).
>
> So, for now, emails from me will show this address: 
> pschreiber@...
>
> Now, you still can send me email at synth1@... as I can "look" 
> there.
>
> I REALLY need to see if I can fix this, as now all of my forums (AH, SDIY, 
> etc) are tied into the airmail address.
>
> This is why I HATE COMPUTERS!!!!!!!
>
> Paul S.
> admiring K&E slide rule my dad gave me in 1964.
>

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Paul Schreiber wrote:

>>"to assist in eliminating spam-bots from sending email on your account".

"Cheapest Canadian Prescription MOTM Delivered in 24hours!!"
I never get that kind of spam....

--
Monty Brandenberg

Actually I like computers, I just hate providers!

 

It should be me choice to decide whether or not e-mail I receive from
synth1@... <mailto:synth1%40airmail.net>  is spam! I don't need big
brother to prescreen my e-mail for me and I'm perfectly capable of right
clicking the items I decide are crap and blocking them! Good luck Paul! I
hope you can work it out!

 

Al

 

From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Schreiber
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:45 AM
To: MOTM List
Subject: [motm] Fw: My email address has "changed"....sort of.....

 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Schreiber" <pschreiber@...
<mailto:pschreiber%40sbcglobal.net> >
To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com <mailto:motm%40yahoogroups.com> >
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:41 PM
Subject: My email address has "changed"....sort of.....

> Due to AT&T rolling their server network to replace the former Yahoo DSL, 
> the new SMTP SSL servers are forcing me to use my "official ISP account" 
> email address when I send mail. Official reason: "to assist in eliminating

> spam-bots from sending email on your account".
>
> This just got switched on a few hours ago :(
>
> Now, I'm going to try my best to see if there is a way out of this, and 
> still use synth1@... <mailto:synth1%40airmail.net>  as my "account
default" in Outlook. However, 
> after checking around several forums, this practice seems to be widespread

> with AT&T, Verizon and others (the originating address on the email has to

> match the ISP account email address). Meaning, airmail (Internet America) 
> is *not* my ISP, AT&T is (because AT&T is my local phone provider, and I 
> get a REALLY good deal on it).
>
> So, for now, emails from me will show this address: 
> pschreiber@... <mailto:pschreiber%40sbcglobal.net> 
>
> Now, you still can send me email at synth1@...
<mailto:synth1%40airmail.net>  as I can "look" 

> there.
>
> I REALLY need to see if I can fix this, as now all of my forums (AH, SDIY,

> etc) are tied into the airmail address.
>
> This is why I HATE COMPUTERS!!!!!!!
>
> Paul S.
> admiring K&E slide rule my dad gave me in 1964.
>

> Now, I'm going to try my best to see if there is a way out of this, and 
> still use synth1@... as my "account default" in Outlook. However, 
> after checking around several forums, this practice seems to be widespread

> with AT&T, Verizon and others (the originating address on the email has to

> match the ISP account email address).

FWIW, the way it works on Comcast and Earthlink (or at least the way it used
to work on Earthlink, which I used for a number of years before switching to
Comcast) is that the originating address can be pretty much anything, but
you have to set up Outlook to provide your ISP account email address (and
password) to the SMTP server for authentication when sending email. I would
actually be surprised if AT&T, Verizon, etc. don't let you do it this way,
because operating in this manner would preclude the use of their ISP
services for anyone who has their own domain name(s).

> Meaning, airmail (Internet America) 
> is *not* my ISP, AT&T is (because AT&T is my local phone provider, and I 
> get a REALLY good deal on it).

FWIW, I've used three different ISPs at this residence and the service
provided by my local phone provider (Qwest) was easily the worst. It hardly
seems necessary to point out to Mr. MOTM that price is not the only concern
when evaluating a "REALLY good deal". ;-)

> I REALLY need to see if I can fix this, as now all of my forums (AH, SDIY,

> etc) are tied into the airmail address.
>
> This is why I HATE COMPUTERS!!!!!!!

This is why, years ago, I registered a domain name: to create email
addresses that are independent of your ISP. I've sent and received email
from the same address for years, despite using five different ISPs
domestically, as well as handling email in four countries other than the
U.S. (That's when I discovered it was useful to create a second account just
for mailing lists: I can stay subscribed while on vacation but not have to
drag down tons of list mailings over an expensive dial-up connection.) Given
how inexpensive simple domain accounts are these days, it seems silly not to
operate this way. 

--Adam