Comments | soopageek: forever's a mighty long time but i'm here to tell you there's something else

soopageek

forever's a mighty long time but i'm here to tell you there's something else

Apr 03, 2007 12:54

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rasa April 3 2007, 19:54:48 UTC

I felt much the same way about my Hotmail account, man. It was hard giving it up, and I'd occasionally get random email from people I met in 1995 there. But I made the plunge and haven't looked back. *sniffle*

soopageek April 3 2007, 20:33:33 UTC

Yeah, see that's one reason why I won't close it down completely. I'll keep it and check it, but I'm going to gradually migrate everything over to a new e-mail account. But there's a part of me that thinks, maybe someone I used to keep in touch with might send something there, so there's no harm in keeping it and letting Thunderbird poll it daily and throw the junk out.

stemware April 3 2007, 20:32:36 UTC

I accidentally deleted myself from everybody's friends list. Could you add me back as stemware please?

-Rob.

soopageek April 3 2007, 20:34:35 UTC

Not a problem. :)

stemware April 3 2007, 20:41:12 UTC

You're just cruising around this week, aren't you.

soopageek April 3 2007, 21:20:46 UTC

I have been, although tonight I'll be doing a few hours of driving to get us to Hot-lanta by morning.

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soopageek April 4 2007, 06:55:08 UTC

One thing I'll say for Hotmail, the spam is actually reasonable... of course the flip side of that is, I think it's why I'm NOT getting some mail that I should be.

tpbrcombo April 4 2007, 01:18:04 UTC

I can't get rid of mine. It was my first ever email address, and I still have idiot friends that send mail to it no matter how many times I tell them what my email address actually is now.

soopageek April 4 2007, 06:54:12 UTC

I don't think I'll get RID of it for the same reasons, but I think Microsoft/Hotmail has begun blacklisting entire hosting providers. I know Dreamhost has been blacklisted from some free mail providers in the past because of people who use their webspace and e-mail services for less than honorable endeavors. My guess is that these sites from which my mail never arrives are hosted on similar servers. Regardless of their legitimacy, as in life, the dumb-ass actions of a few can ruin it for everyone.

welfy April 4 2007, 02:17:53 UTC

Want me to send you an invite code to gmail? I couldn't believe you still had a hotmail account. :^P

soopageek April 4 2007, 06:56:26 UTC

Nah, I'm just gonna setup a new address at the webhost. It's simple, and all of my e-mails addresses will be in one place.