Some Emails being blocked
 

Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but others,
including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is blocking them
somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just Lavasoft Adaware anti
Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP sent me a test email that got
through straight away, so I can't blame them!

Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first post on
this forum)
--
Timbo (Somewhere deep in the heart of rural England)

In article , =?Utf-8?B?
VGltYm8=?= says...

Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but others,
including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is blocking them
somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just Lavasoft Adaware anti
Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP sent me a test email that got
through straight away, so I can't blame them!

A firewall could only block email if it was configured to block the sending
server, anyway. Most people using personal firewall software do not do that.
How does that Lavasoft AS software work?

Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first post on
this forum)

It might be a tough one. Unless you have an email account with another
provider, you won't have a good view of what is happening with the email you
aren't getting. Even if you do have such an account, it might not be
affected as the eBay email is. Unless somebody at eBay is willing to look
through their logs for bounces.

As good a group as any, I suppose; but there is also a
"microsoft.public.internet.mail" group.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

N. Miller wrote:
In article , =?Utf-8?B?
VGltYm8=?= says...


Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but others,
including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is blocking them
somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just Lavasoft Adaware anti
Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP sent me a test email that got
through straight away, so I can't blame them!


A firewall could only block email if it was configured to block the sending
server, anyway. Most people using personal firewall software do not do that.
How does that Lavasoft AS software work?


Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first post on
this forum)


It might be a tough one. Unless you have an email account with another
provider, you won't have a good view of what is happening with the email you
aren't getting. Even if you do have such an account, it might not be
affected as the eBay email is. Unless somebody at eBay is willing to look
through their logs for bounces.

As good a group as any, I suppose; but there is also a
"microsoft.public.internet.mail" group.

I suspect it could be OE settings, but don't use the
program as a rule so can't be of much help.

--
Lester Stiefel
In Romans 1 there are qualities of Unregenerate man listed
which describe him in the last days.
Is your quality found on this list??

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:45:05 GMT,"=?Utf-8?B?VGltYm8=?="
penned this whopper in
microsoft.public.windowsme.internet

Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but
others, including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is
blocking them somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just
Lavasoft Adaware anti Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP
sent me a test email that got through straight away, so I can't blame
them!

Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first
post on this forum)

The first place to check is your ISP. There has been much grumbling of late
about some of them blocking entire regions of the world in misguided
attempts to reduce spam. no names mentioned, but if the letter "V" means
anything to you...

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

BJ Honeycut wrote:
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:45:05 GMT,"=?Utf-8?B?VGltYm8=?="
penned this whopper in
microsoft.public.windowsme.internet


Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but
others, including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is
blocking them somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just
Lavasoft Adaware anti Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP
sent me a test email that got through straight away, so I can't blame
them!

Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first
post on this forum)


The first place to check is your ISP. There has been much grumbling of late
about some of them blocking entire regions of the world in misguided
attempts to reduce spam. no names mentioned, but if the letter "V" means
anything to you...

If you're thinking Verizon OnLine - please think twice. I
am with their service and have been for 2 months. I don't
see any change. I use ELN as primary e-mail and Verizon as
news catch for replies from news.

--
Lester Stiefel
In Romans 1 there are qualities of Unregenerate man listed
which describe him in the last days.
Is your quality found on this list??

"Lester Stiefel" wrote:

BJ Honeycut wrote:
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:45:05 GMT,"=?Utf-8?B?VGltYm8=?="
penned this whopper in
microsoft.public.windowsme.internet


Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but
others, including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is
blocking them somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just
Lavasoft Adaware anti Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP
sent me a test email that got through straight away, so I can't blame
them!

Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first
post on this forum)


The first place to check is your ISP. There has been much grumbling of late
about some of them blocking entire regions of the world in misguided
attempts to reduce spam. no names mentioned, but if the letter "V" means
anything to you...

If you're thinking Verizon OnLine - please think twice. I
am with their service and have been for 2 months. I don't
see any change. I use ELN as primary e-mail and Verizon as
news catch for replies from news.

--
Lester Stiefel
In Romans 1 there are qualities of Unregenerate man listed
which describe him in the last days.
Is your quality found on this list??


Thanks everyone...I have a part solution. I cancelled my ebay account and
reregistered, and lo and behold emails re-appeared. Likewise with Paypal I
closed the account, and gave my reasons on a feedback..and for some reason
their emails began to appear. I also closed my anti spam programme
temporarily. This still does not explain why some emails from friends with no
possible 'spam' content have failed to get through, though most that fail do
have attachments ( modest size documents, not photos)..which might get them
caught in a spam trap possibly...As I said I'm mystified by the whole
thing....It a UK ISP owned by one of our major Utility comglomerates. They
deny any problems with my account.

Thanks again

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:11:57 GMT,Lester Stiefel
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.internet

BJ Honeycut wrote:
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:45:05 GMT,"=?Utf-8?B?VGltYm8=?="
penned this whopper in
microsoft.public.windowsme.internet


Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but
others, including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is
blocking them somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just
Lavasoft Adaware anti Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP
sent me a test email that got through straight away, so I can't blame
them!

Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first
post on this forum)


The first place to check is your ISP. There has been much grumbling
of late about some of them blocking entire regions of the world in
misguided attempts to reduce spam. no names mentioned, but if the
letter "V" means anything to you...

If you're thinking Verizon OnLine - please think twice. I
am with their service and have been for 2 months. I don't
see any change. I use ELN as primary e-mail and Verizon as
news catch for replies from news.


Yes, I am, and for more info if you are a subscriber, look at the
newsgroups 0.verizon.adsl, 0.verizon.discussion.general, and
0.verizon.email (or something to that effect) those arent available off-net
and only on the news.verizon.net server you have to authenticate. more info
is on broadbandreports.com.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

In article , Lester Stiefel says...

I suspect it could be OE settings, but don't use the
program as a rule so can't be of much help.

The only MSOE settings that would have that kind of an effect would be
rules.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

You may want to check the spam filter on your email program that you use, as
sometimes the eBay emails are filtered as spam.



"Timbo" wrote in message
...
Some emails get through to me (Windows ME and Outlook Express 6), but
others,
including those from ebay, do not. I suspect my system is blocking them
somehow, but I do not have a firewall as such, just Lavasoft Adaware anti
Spam, and a reputable anti virus setup. My ISP sent me a test email that
got
through straight away, so I can't blame them!

Has anyone any clues as to how i unravel this as it has got me beat
(I think I'm in the right forum, but apologise if not..its my first post
on
this forum)
--
Timbo (Somewhere deep in the heart of rural England)