Comments on: Comcast Email Issues Make Me Want To Poke My Eye Out http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/ advocacy for the job seeker Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: reinkefj http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-403236 reinkefj Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:14:42 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-403236 @Kathy You can have the best of all worlds with getting your own domain for the branding and use the google for the applications. You're using GMAIL but no one knows it but you. imho, fjohn @Kathy You can have the best of all worlds with getting your own domain for the branding and use the google for the applications. You’re using GMAIL but no one knows it but you. imho, fjohn

]]> By: Kathy http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-403227 Kathy Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:29:49 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-403227 Oh, Jason, I really got a chuckle from this post! You just affirmed my reason to use Gmail vs. Comcast email. I like Gmail for another reason: you can create as many Gmail accounts as you want. I have three I currently use for specific groups. I am so sorry to learn of YOUR difficulties with Comcast. I've heard horror stories from others. I truly hope your problem gets resolved very soon. Warmly, ~Kathy Oh, Jason, I really got a chuckle from this post! You just affirmed my reason to use Gmail vs. Comcast email. I like Gmail for another reason: you can create as many Gmail accounts as you want. I have three I currently use for specific groups. I am so sorry to learn of YOUR difficulties with Comcast. I’ve heard horror stories from others. I truly hope your problem gets resolved very soon.

Warmly,
~Kathy

]]> By: reinkefj http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-402224 reinkefj Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:40:08 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-402224 Perhaps a good argument to NEVER use an ISP's email. Either as the sender or the receiver! (The ISPs just give you "free email" to lock you in!) That goes for ANY ISP; not just Comcast. I've seen acquisitions that caused end users to "lose" their treasured email address! It's really not "yours" when you have an ISP. They can sell, go bankrupt, just "realign", or just rename themselves! May I suggest that you have your own domain? The common wisdom, or is that common whizdumb, is to own your own name as a domain name. I own "reinke.cc". (I like saying "sea sea me at reinke.cc"! Even "me" @ reinke.cc will actually work!) It gives one quite a bit of control. And, it's very cheap. I know three solutions: 15$/year using wordpressdotcom with underlying gmail but your own name; 25$/year email only with 1and1; and 60$/year for domain+email+webspace also at 1and1. My point is not that you should use 1and1. I could care less which one you use. It's that getting onto your own domain with email is cheap and easy. And, it's not hotmail, yahoo, or gmail. It IS your own "personal brand". Perhaps a good argument to NEVER use an ISP’s email. Either as the sender or the receiver!

(The ISPs just give you “free email” to lock you in!)

That goes for ANY ISP; not just Comcast. I’ve seen acquisitions that caused end users to “lose” their treasured email address! It’s really not “yours” when you have an ISP. They can sell, go bankrupt, just “realign”, or just rename themselves!

May I suggest that you have your own domain? The common wisdom, or is that common whizdumb, is to own your own name as a domain name. I own “reinke.cc”. (I like saying “sea sea me at reinke.cc”! Even “me” @ reinke.cc will actually work!) It gives one quite a bit of control. And, it’s very cheap. I know three solutions: 15$/year using wordpressdotcom with underlying gmail but your own name; 25$/year email only with 1and1; and 60$/year for domain+email+webspace also at 1and1.

My point is not that you should use 1and1. I could care less which one you use. It’s that getting onto your own domain with email is cheap and easy. And, it’s not hotmail, yahoo, or gmail. It IS your own “personal brand”.

]]> By: Jason Alba http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-402127 Jason Alba Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-402127 @Eric, thanks for that info - afaik we are only sending plain text from our server - I'll verify that. @Eric, thanks for that info – afaik we are only sending plain text from our server – I’ll verify that.

]]> By: eric shannon http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-402104 eric shannon Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:39:25 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-402104 a few months ago Comcast stopped delivering anything I sent in HTML format... plain text gets through however. -- Eric a few months ago Comcast stopped delivering anything I sent in HTML format… plain text gets through however.

– Eric

]]> By: Jason Alba http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-401929 Jason Alba Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:05:01 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-401929 absolutely right - especially if you aren't one of the employers top picks, I doubt they'll go to the trouble to get in touch with you if their email bounces back. absolutely right – especially if you aren’t one of the employers top picks, I doubt they’ll go to the trouble to get in touch with you if their email bounces back.

]]> By: Walter Feigenson http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-401928 Walter Feigenson Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:54:42 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-401928 Jason, the fact that you could get off the blacklist (at least for now) is great, but it doesn't change the basic equation. If you want to get a job, get GMail. You cannot trust your job search to Comcast. If a company is blacklisted, they may not even know it (or care). How many potential employers would go to the trouble you did to get an email through about an interview appointment? Jason, the fact that you could get off the blacklist (at least for now) is great, but it doesn’t change the basic equation. If you want to get a job, get GMail. You cannot trust your job search to Comcast. If a company is blacklisted, they may not even know it (or care). How many potential employers would go to the trouble you did to get an email through about an interview appointment?

]]> By: Jason Alba http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-401926 Jason Alba Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:48:04 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-401926 Maybe this internet thingy does work (you know, complaining on a blog)... I submitted my request and just got off the blacklist (which is NOT as good as being whitelisted)... anyway, here's CROSSING FINGERS that we stay off. Oh, for the email admins out there, I have checked to see if I'm on any other blacklists (nope. They are of the devil, imo), and we have our Reverse DNS fine (according to tests). Maybe this internet thingy does work (you know, complaining on a blog)… I submitted my request and just got off the blacklist (which is NOT as good as being whitelisted)… anyway, here’s CROSSING FINGERS that we stay off.

Oh, for the email admins out there, I have checked to see if I’m on any other blacklists (nope. They are of the devil, imo), and we have our Reverse DNS fine (according to tests).

]]> By: Walter Feigenson http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/06/04/comcast-email-issues-make-me-want-to-poke-my-eye-out/comment-page-1/#comment-401924 Walter Feigenson Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:41:21 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2477#comment-401924 Jason, this is so true, but it's so hard to get anybody to act on it. When I speak to groups, I always tell them that if they're on Comcast I will not reply to their emails. Why? Same problem you have. In my case, the ISP who provided the service that included my email account had bought an Internet address that was once used by a spammer. So I couldn't send any email at all to Comcast. Comcast is especially dumb about spam filtering. Most people think they filter by content, and maybe they do some of that. But their basic filtering is by the IP address of the machine that sent the email. That's easy for them to do, but lousy for their customers. If you're looking for a job, you NEED a Gmail account. It has the best deliverability. Keep cuddles@comcast.net for your friends, but get a professional address for your job search. I've written about this more extensively here: http://feigenson.us/blog/?p=426 BTW, Comcast is the worst, but almost all the online services are bad. For example, SBCGlobal email can take days to get to the recipient. Walt Jason, this is so true, but it’s so hard to get anybody to act on it. When I speak to groups, I always tell them that if they’re on Comcast I will not reply to their emails. Why? Same problem you have. In my case, the ISP who provided the service that included my email account had bought an Internet address that was once used by a spammer. So I couldn’t send any email at all to Comcast.

Comcast is especially dumb about spam filtering. Most people think they filter by content, and maybe they do some of that. But their basic filtering is by the IP address of the machine that sent the email. That’s easy for them to do, but lousy for their customers.

If you’re looking for a job, you NEED a Gmail account. It has the best deliverability. Keep cuddles@comcast.net for your friends, but get a professional address for your job search. I’ve written about this more extensively here:

http://feigenson.us/blog/?p=426

BTW, Comcast is the worst, but almost all the online services are bad. For example, SBCGlobal email can take days to get to the recipient.

Walt

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