[Info-vax] SFF and MIME

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <3qWdnfMlF_muSb7WnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> Try Comcast as your IP.  Very little spam slips through their filters. 
>> I get a little advertising but it's from companies I do business with. 
>> ISTR that they offer me an "opt out" which I have not used.
> 
>    I'm not sure Comast can keep up with VAXMAN's needs.  I don't dare
>    tell them I've got VMS connected to thier network.  "I'm seeing
>    bad ARP packets from your router."  "Sir, we don't support ARP, 
>    we only support Windows and Macintosh."
> 

Comcast does employ some technical people but they are not the ones who 
answer the phones!  If you have an hour or two to waste, you can 
actually speak to someone who knows what an IP address is.  If you tell 
him that the server at an address you give him has ceased to respond,
he may be able to verify that the server is malfunctioning and dispatch 
a repair crew.

>    And Comcast cannot stick to my settings that my club's announcements
>    are not spam.
> 

Comcast wants to sell me telephone service.  I just tell them that when 
they are as reliable as Verizon, I will consider it.  They have a LONG 
way to go.