Comment Re:Lost e-mail? WHAT THE HECK? (Score 1) 291
I don't have any experience with Earthlink, but SBC/AT&T seems to lose (yes, send to /dev/null) mail from time to time. AT&T/SBC is my DSL provider, and I run a mail server on my DSL line (totally within their TOS, BTW.)
Even though they allow customers to be released from the port 25 filter, most customer netblocks are listed on RBLs, so I smarthost my mail through their servers.
Every mail I send shows in my Postfix logs as accepted by their servers, but maybe 1-2 out of 10 will get delayed before delivery, and maybe 1 out of 20 will simply disappear.
The frequency of these occurrences also comes and goes; I first noticed it when dealing with an ebay customer whose package arrived to her damaged. Apparently my mails weren't getting through to her, so she thought I was trying to stiff her, and she filed a case with PayPal, which I lost.
Even though they allow customers to be released from the port 25 filter, most customer netblocks are listed on RBLs, so I smarthost my mail through their servers.
Every mail I send shows in my Postfix logs as accepted by their servers, but maybe 1-2 out of 10 will get delayed before delivery, and maybe 1 out of 20 will simply disappear.
The frequency of these occurrences also comes and goes; I first noticed it when dealing with an ebay customer whose package arrived to her damaged. Apparently my mails weren't getting through to her, so she thought I was trying to stiff her, and she filed a case with PayPal, which I lost.
