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Tag: e-mail

  • the fabulous thunderbird

    I really like what Thunderbird does when you type a word like “attachment” or “attached” in a message:

  • It’s gettin’ so you can’t say thank you no more

    It’s my birthday today; call me Jean-Baptiste (a fête worse than death) …

    Anyway, I wanted to thank my folks for sending me a card and a gift certificate, so I sent this message:

    Subject: thank you!
    Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:53
    To: Mum & Dad

    I got the Amazon certificate and the card — thank you so much!

    Best Wishes,
    Stewart

    What did I get a few minutes later?

    Action: failed
    Status: 5.1.1
    Remote-MTA: dns; mail-in.freeserve.com
    Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 Error: Message content rejected

    That’s right; I triggered a virus filter. So all because of bugs in an expensive operating system that I don’t use, I can’t say thanks to my parents.