Don't let it bring you down!
heck there are people that I email and they do not even reply.
But remember, that is just a calibration of their personality.
The odd thing is if they ever needed help I would still try to help them.
hope all ends well!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Lane" <kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com>
To: <cctech(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:11 PM
Subject: Does the name 'Ed Kelleher' ring any bells?
Fellow computer tinkerers,
I had a recent E-mail exchange with a fellow named Ed Kelleher, apparently
the president of a company called 'Macro-Inc.com.' They appear to sell
overpriced (to my eyes, anyway) DEC systems and parts.
What had happened was that I had found, in my mail server logs, entries
which showed that Mr. Kelleher had tried to send me something, only to
have it bounced repeatedly due to the fact that I'm currently blocking
traffic from the
biz.rr.com domain (this last due to RR.Com's utter lack
of response to ongoing spam, port probes, and other abuse coming from
their network).
I sent him a polite note advising him of what I'd found, and asking him to
please re-send the message to my backup address, which is not
spam-filtered in any way that I know of.
It worked -- sort of. I got back a very terse -- I would actually call it
rude -- reply to the effect that he'd tried to send whatever he was
sending five times, with and without attachments, and had finally given
up. In his words "I don't care to send it again. Stupid policy of yours."
This tells me right away that he has absolutely no concept of what I, as a
self-hosted SysAdmin, go through each and every DAY, trying to protect my
network effectively against outside abuse.
That point aside, I sent back another polite request, saying that I'm
sorry he felt that way, and asking that he please not blame me for doing
what I felt necessary to protect my tiny corner of the Internet. I also
asked him if he would consider at least telling me what it was he was
trying to send.
No response yet, of course. I'm not sure I'll ever see one. Based on what
I saw of his company's web site, though, I suspect that what he had to
send may have been of minimal value in any case (possibly even spam).
Has anyone on the list had any contact with this person or his company?
The vast majority of people that I've asked to re-send their original
message have no problem with it, and are fully understanding of why their
initial attempts might have been blocked. What's gotten into this fellow
that he can't seem to understand the view from my side, especially
considering that he sells (and presumably works with) computer goodies?
Insights and opinions welcomed. Thanks much.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies --
http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
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