[TriLUG] RR and pre-meeting subjects :

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Oh god, Kevin, Another baby?  You're not spacing these apart very much ;-)  

-Andy

Lisa C. Boyd wrote:

>
>> - First up, before everyone gets their knickers into too big a twist,
>> I've just gotten word from a reliable source that the mail problems on
>> RR are pretty evil, but not their fault. Patience is required, and if
>> you ever meet a RR tech, buy him or her a tasty beverage.
>
>
> Problems going on 4 days now - that is a pretty evil problem. I don't 
> envy the guys trying to fix this. I understand that sometimes techies 
> are bound by the higher-ups who don't understand a lick about DNS or 
> SMTP or whatever other letters you put together. I do realize that 
> their service is not meant to be used as much as I use it - but it's 
> hard to adapt when I'm a computer addict. So how can we help the techs 
> get this problem fixed once and for all? Do we need to complain to the 
> higher-ups? Do we need to help them with research on solving this 
> particular problem? I wouldn't go off on any techie person because I 
> know they're just trying to do their job. What really bugs me - at 
> least right now - is that I don't really have a choice for high speed 
> internet connection. DSL stops about 2,000 ft from being available at 
> my house (last I checked) and satellite will not give me the upload 
> speeds I need. I think a T1 line to my house would be a little 
> overkill not to mention a little out of my budget range. I'm open for 
> ideas - it's just frustrating when there are problems and I can't do 
> anything about it but vent here :)
>
>> - I'll have some really cool news at the meeting, and will forward it to
>> the list afterwords. But those of you at the meeting will get first dibs
>> at it *grin*
>
>
> Ya big tease! I hate that I can't make it to the meeting tonight, but 
> hopefully the message will come through to me sometime in the next day 
> or so - if not, someone let me know what it is Saturday - ok?
>
> Lisa B.
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