Re: [Outllook.com] Mail-service integration in diverse .* management systems

For your reference, records indicate that
Michael Uplawski <michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu> wrote:

although mass mailings and newsletters come from their own servers.

That’s interesting. For most companies I deal with, bulk email delivery is
the *first* type they outsource.  I think it’s a fool’s errand to expect
any sort of  coherence when it comes to technology decision making at
pretty much every organization these days.  I sometimes get the urge to do
a study to determine if the incompetence of an organization can be
determined just from the complexity of their SPF records.  :-)

<https://impossiblystupid.com/node/1021/?content=microsoft's-smartscreen-embrace-extend-and-extinguish-for-email>

 
I am having trouble accessing that URL.

That’s unfortunate.  I have fairly aggressive firewall rules due to all
the hostile traffic that comes across the Internet (email spamming is only
the tip of *that* iceberg).  I don’t know if you’re using a VPN or simply
have an ISP that turns a blind eye to the abuse coming from their
networks.

I told everybody that they should not be surprised, if I just
routinely erase their messages as they do not seem to come from the
organization that they work for.

Again, that does not create allies.  Find the shared problem you can
solve together.

Yes. As regards the insurance, my favorite solution is to take the
car and talk to their staff at the counter .., 40 minutes one way.

I do similar when dealing with my bank sometimes, but it is never my
favorite way to handle it.  I suspect it’s also counterproductive, because
the retail staff have little incentive to make sure my online experience
improves to the point I *won’t* have to stop in.

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