Comcast does it again
October 25, 2008
Well, your favourite (NOT!) US email provider has just lost ANOTHER company in the US a $2,000+ order.
I have been in contact with a supplier for over a week now – they have a comcast address and – surprisingly – all went well for 4 emails sent and received – until today, when I sent an email with the definite order information. As to be expected from that pathetic excuse for an internet provider – the email bounced with the message:
xxxxxxxx@comcast.net (reading BANNER): 554 IMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net comcast 195.186.18.61 Comcast BL004 Blocked for spam. Please see http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=SecurityMail_Policy18628
I am not going to bother with that company again. No wonder the US financial situation is in such a poor state. As long as companies use a service which blocks perfectly legitimate emails – which contain ORDERS FOR GOODS – as spam, well, you can’t expect much else, can you ?
The email had no advertising in it, no links, no words which could possibly be construed as spam unless Comcast’s atrocious filter considers “we would definitely like to purchase”…. as evidence of spam.
So yet another US company loses business. What a pity.
