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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Ted, et al,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>I may be wrong, but below is a
possible explanation of the FSR email, V 2020 problems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>First, it is not just V 2020 but emails
from various sources and geographical locations that are sometimes delayed up to
six days. Some emails have been forever lost.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>The servers at FSR have a maximum capacity
to handle email. When that capacity is exceeded, the emails are cached
somewhere else and retrieved, if possible, when the system has enough unused
capacity to handle them. Sometimes it is not possible to retrieve the
cached emails on a timely basis or to retrieve them at all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Another problem concerns the allegations
that certain users emails are being read by certain FSR staff.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>When I first signed up with FSR, the
technical support was very good and one seldom had to wait. Now, it is
hard to get connected on call to them; leaving a message sometimes leads to a
long (more than a day) wait. The last experience I had was with someone
who could not find the problem of why I could not connect to the mail server and
seemed to have no idea of how to investigate the problem. (I always do the
obvious before calling, including a cold boot just in case of an OS
foul-up). He then said it was a problem with my machine. A few hours
later without any more action on my part, the mail connection started working
again.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>I am on a wireless connection.
Sometimes it works very well. Sometimes it is pathetically slow, due
probably due to FSR's insufficient bandwidth.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Further, FSR is on a number of span-block
lists. This means that certain ISPs will not accept any emails from anyone
using FSR. I reported the problem yesterday after receiving another
message saying my email was blocked because FSR was considered a spammer.
The problem was acknowledged by FSR with a very short note saying that they are
working on it. It may be a problem with virus infected machines of FSR
users who are spam robots and/or real spammers. This explanation would
also explain the sluggish response at times. It is alleged that FSR does
not have the adequate hardware, software, or technical expertise to find the
spammers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>I like to support local businesses.
However, the problems above are beginning to lead me to consider finding a more
reliable, more secure, and more responsive ISP connection.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Has anyone else had these problems?
Or different explanations/solutions?</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"
size=4>
<DIV><BR>Wayne</DIV>
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<DIV>Wayne A. Fox<BR><A href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR>PO
Box 9421<BR>Moscow, ID 83843<BR>208 882-7975</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Tbertruss@aol.com
href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">Tbertruss@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] V2020 Problems
</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>All:<BR><BR>It took about one minute for my
last post to post to the list. So why after six hours has my previous
post from earlier today not posted yet? Some computer God must
know.<BR><BR>Ted Moffett</FONT>
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