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Re: Need Contact at RoadRunner


From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <larrysheldon () cox net>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:35:06 -0600


"Tom (UnitedLayer)" wrote:

So, I got an e-mail back from RR after I posted here.
They claim to have no specific record of why we were blocked, so they
removed it. They said it was probably DOS or a Mailbomb, both of which we
would have squelched IMMEDIATELY.

Frankly, I think that its pretty poor practice to block someone and not
tell them, especially when contact information is clearly available
everywhere. We've got e-mail, various phones, and INOC-DBA, so its not
that hard to get ahold of us :)

I have no idea wahta the facts are here, but as a general statement
I'd point out that some of us have recently been in a free-fire zone
with more than we can handle coming at us from everywhere.

A reasonable reaction to protect own-turf is to plug up holes as
you identify the local end of it and wait to see if anybody cares
about it after the fire-fight.

The likelyhood of being able to contact anybody competent and
sympathetic is not worth the time and effort the attempt takes.

The usual response back when I thought I should try was "you are not
our customer...." with the common alternative being "Please reboot
and see if that clears it up."

YMMV


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