[access-uk] Re: BT Spam filtering nonsense
- From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:27:00 +0100
I put my hand up to being a cynic, a sceptic and a grumpy old man.
But that doesn't mean BT aren't really a bunch of w£$@*#s!
Mike 'glass half empty' Ray
On 17/08/2014 15:13, Shaun O'Connor wrote:
> I freely admit to being a cynic.*smile*
> On 17/08/2014 16:11, Clive Jacobs wrote:
>> How cynical, and how true. CJ.
>> On 17/08/2014 15:06, Shaun O'Connor wrote:
>>> they are too busy pandering to the NSA in America and GCHQ over here
>>> in the uk.
>>> On 17/08/2014 15:34, Jackie Brown wrote:
>>>> This is very interesting. We both have BT addresses, but don't get what I
>>>> would consider to be spam messages. Yet it treats most of our Email list
>>>> messages as spam. Goodness knows what they are up to, but they must be
>>>> losing customers hand over fist at this rate? There is nobody you can even
>>>> contact to have a conversation with about what is going on at BT, that is
>>>> how little regard they have for their customers. We shouldn't have to
>>>> change Email accounts to get round the problem, I wonder what Ofcom would
>>>> make of it?
>>>>
>>>> The moral of this story? Ho-Hum! Don't use BT if you are due for a new
>>>> contract or looking to change providers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jackie Brown
>>>> Emails: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>>> Skype: Thejackmate
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>>> Clive Jacobs
>>>> Sent: 17 August 2014 15:19
>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: BT Spam filtering nonsense
>>>>
>>>> Hi, I seem to be getting this lists posts with BT to date. What is
>>>> irritating is that on our BTInternet address which we do not use and have
>>>> never used we have recently received an increasing number of spam on the
>>>> BT
>>>> address. As we have never used it the only conclusion has to be that it
>>>> seems BT are the culprits and are guilty of spamming us and I suspect many
>>>> others. We may bee soon seeking for alternative options to BT.
>>>>
>>>> CJ.
>>>>
>>>> On 17/08/2014 14:05, Shaun O'Connor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I recommend anyone who is subscribed via a bt account to unsubscribe
>>>> and then use an alternative account, there is NO reason BT should be
>>>> classifying this group as spam. and they would likely not be very
>>>> forthcoming in explaining their reasoning either.(but that is another story
>>>> altogether)
>>>>
>>>> On 17/08/2014 14:15, Mike Ray wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> In the last three or four weeks I have suddenly been getting
>>>> very few
>>>> messages from access-uk.
>>>>
>>>> I spoke to Mo and he suggested this might be BT's
>>>> over-zealous
>>>> spam-filtering, which is incredibly hard to turn off because
>>>> the site is
>>>> not very accessible and the setting is buried deep, a bit
>>>> like the
>>>> Vogon's planning application to demolish the Earth.
>>>>
>>>> So I have unsubscribed from access-uk on BT and rejoined
>>>> from my
>>>> raspberryvi account.
>>>>
>>>> I am instantly getting stuff from the list again.
>>>>
>>>> So if you're suddenly getting very little stuff from the
>>>> list and you're
>>>> a BT customer, it's their fault. Oh...of course...you
>>>> probably won't
>>>> get this message.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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