Re: virus: Re: does it?

From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 19:28:35 MST

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    DrSebby,
        Was it wlwatts@cox.net or my old walwatts@tulsa.com (the old email address that i
    abandoned after 9/11/2001 because of the following old interesting-I-think story).
        Check out the date on this puppy--didn't take 'em long, did it?
    -----------------------------
    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: virus@lucifer.com list mail FILTERED BY TULSA.COM--HELP
    Original Date: 13 Sep 2001 22:36:55 -0600
    From: Walter Watts <wlwatts@cox.net>
    Organization: "The Future's so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"

    <snip>
    At the moment, though, I've got something quite different to deal with
    that I've got to decide a course of action.

    It appears the domain that hosts my email account
    http://www.tulsa.com
    has suddenly decided to filter mail from virus@lucifer.com

    I called this morning and talked to the wife of the owner of the domain,
    who, when I told her of my lack of list mail for 36 hours from
    virus@lucifer.com, replied:
    "who would want email from such a domain"...."sounds like devil worship
    to me"

    When I tried to explain in an intelligent way that it was purposefully
    named to repel people of low intelligence and mytho-literal bents, she
    continued to ask more questions of the type of things discussed in the
    forum.

    I tried to explain, but eventually she asked "don't you people believe
    in god"

    Before the words "basically no" had escaped my lips, I heard the words
    "I'll pray for you".

    I continued to probe the whereabouts of my email, and several scenarios
    were introduced by her, but all in a "we didn't change anything tone".

    1) could be in virus box, maybe because of originating domain name

    2) something else triggered a filter

    and anyway, her words kept ringing "who would want mail from that domain
    anyway"????

    So now I'm faced with several choices: (after verifying with David
    McFadzean that I'm still really subscribed)

    BTW--this is not my ISP, only my email host.

    1) blow 'em off and use either one of my @home email addresses or one of
    my @walterwatts.com emails.

    2) fight 'em--they host one really large website that I originally put
    up (and with a little effort could probably get moved)

    3) any ideas???

    Walter
    --------------------------------------
    Dr Sebby wrote:

    > ...whose addy was on it? the one i received had walwatts on it. did anyone
    > get one with mine on it?
    >
    > DrSebby.
    > "Courage...and shuffle the cards".
    >
    > ----Original Message Follows----
    > From: "Walter Watts" <wlwatts@cox.net>
    > Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
    > To: virus@lucifer.com
    > Subject: Re:virus: Re: does it?
    > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:48:11 -0700
    >
    > I didn't send this.
    >
    > How do these virus kids and spammers and other assholes spoof your address
    > like this?
    >
    > I NEVER open attachments, not from anybody, so it didn't affect me.
    >
    > I hope no one else was affected.
    >
    > Walter
    >
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    --
    Walter Watts
    Tulsa Network Solutions, Inc.
    "Pursue the small utopias... nature, music, friendship, love"
    --Kupferberg--
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