To All:

I have never had a problem with Gmail. I have several addresses there. The
one I set for MDOSPREY posts to go to currently has 36,414 entries in it
(currently using 21% of allotted space on this address - but you just ask
them for more space or create another address or both). Thousands and
thousands of these are MDOSPREY posts.  I never throw them away and when I
want to check or look up something I do a search. Beats going to the site
and trying to find it.

I do not believe anything has dropped on my email as described. When I
joined several years ago, the site was at capacity and it took a while to
get on as a participant. Apparently it was hit or miss. If someone quit and
you were trying to get on at the time, you were, luckily, in. I see people
citing the need to join again. I guess they are getting the slots back that
were lost. If I remember correctly there were only something like 470
accounts/users on MDOSPREY and I know some people are signed on under more
than one alias. I also follow the PA.BIRDS list.serve and I just checked and
there are currently 1088 participants there and apparently there are no
capacity issues.

MIke O'Brien
Fairfield, Adams County, PA


On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Michael Bowen <> wrote:

> Norm, Ed et al:
>
> I've been using Yahoo mail services for at least ten years (I think they go
> back that far) and I cannot remember a single instance in which a MDOsprey
> message was blocked by the Yahoo spam filters.  They do occasionally trap
> messages from the Delaware and Virginia bird list-servs.  No idea why the
> difference.
>
> I use Eudora as an e-mail client and pay the $25 a year to Yahoo for the
> privilege of uploading messages to Eudora.  I have used Eudora for a long
> time and like it a lot.  I never started to use Outlook, as it has
> traditionally been a regular target of hackers and other mischievous types.
>  I don't have much experience with Gmail.
>
> Mike Bowen
> Bethesda, MD
>
>
>
> At 11:18 AM 5/26/2008 -0400, Norm Saunders wrote:
>
>> Ed Boyd asks:
>>
>> NORM - Would you please advise if any of the free email services have the
>> same issues as Comcast, MSN and Hotmail so that we may avoid them as well?
>>
>>
>> Ed, it would appear that Yahoo and Gmail are relatively free of problems
>> with excessively aggressive spam filters.  The MSN/Hotmail problems  are
>> due
>> to spam filtration which appears to have been tightened recently for god
>> knows what reason but they seem to have pulled back a bit now.  Further,
>> the
>> Comcast folks who have resubscribed to MDOsprey don't appear to be having
>> any problems now either.  Keeping my fingers crossed.
>>
>> Norm
>>
>
> D.H. Michael Bowen
> 8609 Ewing Drive
> Bethesda, MD  20817
> Telephone: (301) 530-5764
> e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom
>