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I went through all of my domains at Go Daddy and updated the registration information. Some of it was wrong or out of date. This seems to have fixed the problem.

It's a good news / bad news thing. The good news, obviously, is that the problem is fixed. The bad news is that the Go Daddy tech support people I spoke with couldn't identify the problem, and worse said there was no problem.

Anyway, it's fixed and I'm happy. I hope my posting this fix helps somebody else in the future.

Labels: email, Go Daddy, Internet, ISP, technology

I use email forwarding through Go Daddy for one of my domains, and in the last week it has stopped working. I called GD and asked if they were having problems; they said no. I tried loosening up the spam filters on the receiving side, but it didn't do any good. So we're foregoing the service, which makes me unhappy.

Can anybody corroborate my experience? Got a workaround? And can anyone suggest a low-cost domain purchase and/or parking service that includes reliable email forwarding? (I don't want to have my domain registrar hosting my email, no matter who it is. Once bitten twice shy ...)

Labels: email, Go Daddy, Internet, ISP, technology

Anybody else in the Castro Valley / Hayward area having problems with Comcast high-speed Internet service? My connection has been awful today, and has been spotty for weeks and weeks. The symptoms are always the same: the service cuts in and out. Calls to service result in them pinging the modem from the network end and telling me it's fine -- which it is, for a little while. Then it cuts out again. One technician who came out let on that Comcast is doing "network upgrades" in the area. (That explains those shabby no-name contractor trucks I've seen around the telephone poles.) If this is an upgrade, I'd hate to see a downgrade.

I'm truly weighing whether the extra speed of Cable over DSL is worth it for my needs. By contrast with this ongoing mess with Comcast, I had a landline phone problem last week and AT&T was out within a day; the service technician was smart, professional, and communicative -- a far cry from the "service" I'm getting from Comcast right now. Plus, I could bundle DSL with my landline and mobile phone bill and maybe save some money. (I'm sure not going to choose Comcast for landline phone service with a lousy connection like I've got.) An AT&T bundle is looking mighty tempting.

BTW, in the course of typing this post, Blogger has tried to autosave four times and failed. Each time the connection has returned and autosave has worked. Cross your fingers; I'm about to click "Publish Post."

Labels: email, technology

I got this lovely personalized greeting in my email in-box this morning:



Oh, my. And the thing is, I know this company has my first name.

I don't hate email marketing. In fact, I wrote an article a couple of years ago on effective email marketing strategies for Cisco's IQ magazine. Maybe the Greenhouse Catalog should read it.

Labels: clips, email, marketing, technology