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Thread ID: 52282 2004-12-16 01:45:00 Problems getting forum activation email Biggles (121) Press F1
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303472 2004-12-16 20:50:00 Well I registered using my Clear Net account - no email. We made some chnages to the email to make it slightly less like spam - getting rid of "!" marks, for example. Still no email. Sent a test email from my work acoount to my Clear Net account - voila, get the email.

The activation emails never turned up and didn't show up in the spam folder -- but then you probably don't get all spam in those folders, only what the server-side spam filter thinks "might" be spam but "might not" be spam. I think the server-side spam filters for Clear, Paradise, Yahoo and a few others is trashing the email as definate spam - which is a bit rough really.
Biggles (121)
303473 2004-12-16 21:11:00 Well the plot thickens. The same email - indentical except that it comes from me, not the forum auto-mailer - comes through first time. So Brightmail (Clear's server-side anti-spam app) is rejecting it based on who sent it, not the content.

Investigations are continuing.
Biggles (121)
303474 2004-12-17 00:04:00 Checked up on reverse DNS?

When I first got my account with static IP, the address has no reverse DNS, and some mail servers were rejecting e-mail from our server based on that.

OK, you do have a reverse DNS. Odd. What domain does the e-mail come from? Ie, blah@pressf1.co.nz, or blah@pcworld.co.nz?

Cheers George
george12 (7)
303475 2004-12-18 02:40:00 Thanks for disabling the e mail sign on, I don't think I would have ever got back here :-)
1, Registering with Mac on Safari, Java note just kept telling me to enter the e mail address twice, I had :-( gave up.
2, Registering with Mac on IE, usual user name not available, probably something to do with the first try, changed it, ClearNet ISP, checked mail & web mail. No reply.
Ah well, all's well etc. but I don't like having to use IE. :-) Next step was booting up the XP......
Sue (33)
303476 2004-12-18 02:52:00 LOL

well i got the email from xtra no probs just couldnt validate myself . . . . ??
LOL

so PM Chill and he sorted it the other night, but OE would not or did not allow FF to open and activate details / links . :dogeye:

but i here now, and have to be something mighty serious now to lose me . . . :lol:

like loss of puter????? :badpc: :thumbs:
beetle (243)
303477 2004-12-18 02:57:00 The only way I got in was by using a hotmail address to activate my account . My real paradise address - nothing came through, the server-side spam filter was blocking it!?!?

arrr . its all good now . Thanx mods for your time!
eat soap (124)
303478 2004-12-18 22:07:00 I just got four activaton emails this morning. My ISP is e3 and I use yahoo. I registered finally on Thursday with James' help with a direct link. :@@: mark c (247)
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