# Arnold, what do I have to do to get an e-mail from you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140 "2003-01-07T12:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/1 "2003-01-07T12:41:31Z")
I considered asking again per e-mail, but… The timeline (all times GMT) **Act One** 18 Aug 2002 14:07 - I (thought that I had) sent an e-mail to you, re: quick reply “unregistered” bug 24 Aug 2002 13:22 - Still no reply. \ ***&!@#%** e-mail. So I tried sending another one. Checked my e-mail-setup with an auto-reply service. Seemed to work fine again. 25 Aug 2002 21:09 - I mentioned my problems of getting a mail to you in a thread. > [@](#): > > 26 Aug 2002 17:06 - _Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried_ > **I’ll check my e-mails tonight.** 26 Aug 2002 17:58 - I did send another mail to make sure and said so in the thread. … … … No answer if it had worked or not. I thought “Poor guy. Really needs a vacation…” **Act Two** Whoopee, it’s smiley voting season again! Checked my e-mail-setup with an auto-reply service. 06 Dec 2002 11:42 - I (thought that I had) submitted a beauty of a smiley. Checked my e-mail-setup with an auto-reply service. 11 Dec 2002 15:07 - Re-sent a slightly optimized version. My smiley didn’t appear in the poll. \*&!@#% e-mail! 20 Dec 2002 11:14 - Sent a mail to you whining about it, telling it’s the second time that a mail got lost, and asking about the first one. Checked my e-mail-setup with an auto-reply service. 20 Dec 2002 18:55 - Sent another copy. 21 Dec 2002 14:38 - Tried mailing a copy to TubaDiva, asking to forward it to you. [… setting up a second address and lots of clueless testing back and forth later …] I’ve found out so far that my provider must have managed to get on other provider’s spam blacklists and that some would deny to relay mail unless it originated from an authenticated SMTP protocol. Heck, this is the pit - if you fuckheads want/enable me to use a new mail server then would you fucking please _tell_ me? Especially when you _know_ that I may lose mails? 23 Dec 2002 04:38 - Tuba answers that she forwarded it. 23 Dec 2002 14:31 - Let Tuba know that I know that she let me know that it had worked. (I hope _that_ worked.) 23 Dec 2002 15:39 - Sent a mail to you through the new setup, with a big question mark. … … Look, I’m not disgruntled, just desperate. Except for the forwarded one I’m not sure that any of these mails ever reached you. Or Tuba’s got the same problem. I still don’t know if my mail server is/was the problem or if it’s fixed now. Tell me that receiving mail from me still doesn’t work for you, or just say ‘oops’ if it did, but speak to me! ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/2 "2003-01-07T15:22:30Z")
Since nobody else has the heart to help you, please accept these words of inspiration and wisdom: **Samurai’s Toilette** You’d better carry rouge and powder in your bosom, as the occasion demands. For instance, in the event of recovering from intoxication or of awakening from sleep, you may look pale. In such a case, you can apply rouge and powder to your cheeks for an important occasion. (actual) Excerpt from _ **Bushido:The Way of the Samurai** _, based on _ **Hagakure** _ ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/3 "2003-01-07T15:48:34Z")
Did you really need to start a pit thread on this topic? I really think this problem could have been handled much more efficiently through e-mail. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/4 "2003-01-07T16:12:46Z")
I think that’s the problem… all emails were unresponded too. BTW Enderw24: I LOVE the sig. ---
**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/5 "2003-01-07T19:13:51Z")
**Brutus** , Ah, so desu ka? **Enderw24** may correct me, but **CRorex** , I consider it a _woosh_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/6 "2003-01-07T19:14:32Z")
I think Ender was making a joke. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/7 "2003-01-07T19:43:48Z")
Ehh whatever too sick to give a damn ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/8 "2003-01-07T20:33:13Z")
I am sorry to hear of your e-mail difficulties. Perhaps a spam filter or something on my end? In view of the problems we are having communicating via e-mail, I would suggest that you e-mail one of the other administrators. I am not the only one who can answer your questions. Other administrators are: TubaDiva, Lynn Bodoni, C K Dexter Haven, Gaudere. ---
**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/9 "2003-01-07T22:58:30Z")
Yabbut you _are_ the only one who can answer where the mail that was forwarded to you by TubaDiva went to. I want to know if it just got lost in your christmas mail before I continue to bother random people about a technical problem that likely doesn’t even occur with them. Or if I should have received an answer from you and you too have a problem with your outgoing mail protocol. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/10 "2003-01-07T23:50:03Z")
IIRC the one that came to me from TubaDiva said something about me missing your smiley proposal for the smiley poll. Sorry about that. I got the e-mail forwarded from TubaDiva. But in general - if you have a question for a staff member, instead of sending it to moderator X with the request to forward it to me, just ask moderator X directly. Saves us all a bunch of time. Of course if it’s a smiley proposal for the poll, then you could ask someone to forward it to me since I’m in charge of smiley polls. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/11 "2003-01-08T00:11:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by femtosecond \* > \*\ ***Enderw24** may correct me, but **CRorex** , I consider it a _woosh_. 😉 \*\* At least he got my sig joke. It isn’t enough to propel him into the bonus round but it should net him some lovely parting prizes. ---
**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-what-do-i-have-to-do-to-get-an-e-mail-from-you/147140/12 "2003-01-08T14:11:53Z")
So the 23 Dec 2002 15:39 mail (subject “E-mail problems”) from my new setup still didn’t reach you though? Damn. I do realize that you can’t help me much to debug my mail account. But I wanted an answer from you because a) I already tried to talk to you anyway, b) so far you’re the only one I know for certain of that the problem occurs, c) maybe it _is_ a filter on your end and you might have known something. At least now I _know_ that you know that there is a problem.