Comments on: Unreliable email http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/ Random scribbling about programming, translation, and Japan Thu, 10 May 2012 05:41:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Khalid http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/comment-page-1/#comment-12170 Khalid Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:03:45 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1196#comment-12170 @Dondu ....so why is Gmail reliable ? @Dondu ….so why is Gmail reliable ?

]]> By: Dondu N. Raghavan http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/comment-page-1/#comment-8861 Dondu N. Raghavan Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:17:28 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1196#comment-8861 //discovering it never arrived when I’m speeding along the autobahn at 100 mph far away from my computer has occurred a few times too often….// I use the reliable gmail. So if I get intimation while travelling that the client has not received the email sent by me, all I have to do is to stop at the nearest cybercafe, open my gmail and forward the mail with the attached file from my sent folder. Regards, Dondu N. Raghavan //discovering it never arrived when I’m speeding along the autobahn at 100 mph far away from my computer has occurred a few times too often….//
I use the reliable gmail. So if I get intimation while travelling that the client has not received the email sent by me, all I have to do is to stop at the nearest cybercafe, open my gmail and forward the mail with the attached file from my sent folder.

Regards,
Dondu N. Raghavan

]]> By: Mykhailo http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/comment-page-1/#comment-6971 Mykhailo Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:26:09 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1196#comment-6971 Ryan, The case you described is really strange. If the email is not confirmed it must not be regarded as received. This is especially true for business emails. To download/upload large files I prefer FTP to which I connect via Total Commander. The agency provides the user name and password. For small files, if my email goes to spam at the client's side, I resend the files from my domain email, but not from gmail account. Ryan,

The case you described is really strange. If the email is not confirmed it must not be regarded as received. This is especially true for business emails.

To download/upload large files I prefer FTP to which I connect via Total Commander. The agency provides the user name and password.

For small files, if my email goes to spam at the client’s side, I resend the files from my domain email, but not from gmail account.

]]> By: MT http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/comment-page-1/#comment-6584 MT Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:30:03 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1196#comment-6584 No one should assume an e-mail has arrived without receiving a confirmation; that was true even before the age of spam. In the early days of e-mail, e-mail addresses were often long and unwieldy and address typos were not uncommon, hence lost e-mail. After the spam problem is eradicated one day (knock on wood), there will be something else causing messages to go lost. :-) No one should assume an e-mail has arrived without receiving a confirmation; that was true even before the age of spam. In the early days of e-mail, e-mail addresses were often long and unwieldy and address typos were not uncommon, hence lost e-mail. After the spam problem is eradicated one day (knock on wood), there will be something else causing messages to go lost. :-)

]]> By: Ryan Ginstrom http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/comment-page-1/#comment-6573 Ryan Ginstrom Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:39:01 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1196#comment-6573 @Gururaj I've used Dropbox with my family, and it really does make sharing files simple. What I like about box.net is that I can easily set up a separate folder for each client, each with its own password. @Gururaj

I’ve used Dropbox with my family, and it really does make sharing files simple. What I like about box.net is that I can easily set up a separate folder for each client, each with its own password.

]]> By: Gururaj Rao http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/comment-page-1/#comment-6538 Gururaj Rao Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:48:37 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1196#comment-6538 I use dropbox and tell them to drop the files via FTP into my dropbox (after giving them the URL and password). I also ask them to send a separate email confirming that they have dropped the files in my drop box. This system seems to work fine for me. I use dropbox and tell them to drop the files via FTP into my dropbox (after giving them the URL and password). I also ask them to send a separate email confirming that they have dropped the files in my drop box. This system seems to work fine for me.

]]> By: Kevin Lossner http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/07/01/unreliable-email/comment-page-1/#comment-6529 Kevin Lossner Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:39:26 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1196#comment-6529 This scenario is all too familiar. I've seen e-mail show up months later! Probably 99.9% of the time things work fine. I probably send and receive several thousand e-mails a month, so a simple calculation shows that we're looking at a few failures per month. That's about right. Sometimes I feel silly calling to confirm that a client has received half a page of text, but the alternative of discovering it never arrived when I'm speeding along the autobahn at 100 mph far away from my computer has occurred a few times too often.... This scenario is all too familiar. I’ve seen e-mail show up months later! Probably 99.9% of the time things work fine. I probably send and receive several thousand e-mails a month, so a simple calculation shows that we’re looking at a few failures per month. That’s about right.

Sometimes I feel silly calling to confirm that a client has received half a page of text, but the alternative of discovering it never arrived when I’m speeding along the autobahn at 100 mph far away from my computer has occurred a few times too often….

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