Re: Microsoft Works on Comcast E-Mail Problem

[Steven Champeon <schampeo () hesketh com>]

on Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 08:35:48AM -0500, Richard M. Smith wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051203/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_comcast
>
> SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. said Friday that some people who use its Hotmail
> and MSN e-mail services are not receiving e-mail sent from Comcast Corp.
> accounts and other Internet service providers. 

In other words (I'm guessing):

Comcast is such a pit of fetid sewage that MSN and Hotmail have been
inundated by virus spew from there, and decided they're not going to
accept anything from Comcast for a while. 

> Brooke Richardson, a group product manager with Microsoft's MSN online
> division, said the problem appears to be due to an increase in e-mail
> volumes, which it is attributed in part to the Sober Internet worm.

See above.
 
> She said the high volumes are causing e-mail to either be delayed or not
> make it to MSN and Hotmail users at all.

See above.
 
> Richardson said the problem began earlier this week. She would not name the
> other Internet service providers besides Comcast whose users were
> encountering the same problem. She also couldn't say when the problem would
> be fixed.

IOW, Richardson doesn't have a clue what she's talking about.
 
> "Our hope is that things get better in the coming day or days, but we don't
> have exact details," she said.

See above.
 
> Comcast spokeswoman Jennifer Khoury said the problem is only affecting
> Comcast e-mail being sent to the MSN and Hotmail accounts, and that other
> e-mail is getting to recipients without delay.

IOW, Khoury doesn't have a clue what she's talking about. 

> She said the company is working with Microsoft to resolve the problem.

...instead of working on their own user base to isolate and disinfect
the offenders. 

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