[KLUG Members] Emails and an Apology

[greenproc]

Andrew Thompson wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 13:07 -0500, greenproc wrote:
>> Mark Jones wrote:
>>> To All Members of KLUG,
>>>
>>> I offer an apology if I have not responded to any emails sent to me
>> during the last 3 months.  For the last year, many of you know that we
>> were fighting a severe spam infestation.  Bob has done a wonderful job
>> of eliminating that spam going through KLUG's servers.
>>
>> My ISP has done a wonderful job of effectively blocking email sent to
>> and from me, and there's little I can do about it.
>> They absolutely refuse to turn off spam blocking for my account.
>>
>> Mark, consider yourself lucky.  At least your GETTING the email in
>> question, instead of your ISP silently blocking
>> important communications to or from you.
>>
>> I only wish I had a big 'ol mess of junk to sort through, it would be
>> MUCH better than not having the communication at all.
> 
> No, you really don't. I've been through that myself, and believe me, you
> do NOT want to have to sort through a ton of spam looking for one or two
> emails that MIGHT be important. Seriously, no one has the time! The
> worst part is having to do it day after day, because if you don't,
> well... I came home after Thanksgiving last year to something around a
> thousand messages after about four days away. I was lucky enough to be
> able to set up my own filtering sytem on that service (their own sucks),
> and coming home from Christmas wasn't nearly the same nightmare, thank
> heaven.
> 
> You also don't have to depend on your ISP for email. I would recommend
> looking into other email providers. There are at least a few out there
> where you can set up a free account. I have one on fastmail.fm, for
> example. Just look up 'free email' on Google, or look at mail.google.com
> itself.
> 

Just so nobody thinks I was trying to be a jerk-off, I was disgruntled with my ISP.  I really do wish I had everything that was sent to me,
even if I have to sort through an insane mountain of junk for the important stuff -- that's just me though. (and yes, I've had to
do it before, so I really do know).  Besides, if there is filtering that needs to be done, there is filtering that HAS to be done
period -- and the only one authorized or qualified to filter my communications is?  Yep!  Me! :) go figure.

Mark, no offense meant at all -- I really hope you did not take my response in a negative way.

My favorite 'free' email provider is currently mail.com -- they are accessible from the tor network.  Anyone have feedback/experience
with that provider?

Mark, apology accepted even though I did not send you email, and was not expecting a reply from you.  I'm sure you have your hands full
with responding to legitimate matters and all, so reading this is probably a waste of your (and anybody else's) time.

Everyone should go away now.  Don't reply to this, as it is complete nonsense :)