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Damn you overzealous spam filter!

  • 17-12-2009 1:13am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭


    A cautionary tale for others ;)

    Entered the Irish Met Soc photo comp some time ago...never did hear anything back. Until a friend asked me about mail that she sent me but I didn't receive - pop over to my spam folder and lo-and-behold an email from them telling me I'm shortlisted and requesting further info. That was 10 days ago and they've chosen the winners now.

    :mad: (obviously not at them) but stupid spam filter...

    Let that be a warning children, check your mail regularly (even the spam).

    There's always next year... :o


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    I got in the last thirteen too, another competition with the European Met society

    http://www.emetsoc.org/awards/documents/EMS_EUROPHOTOMETEO_announcement.pdf


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭shepthedog


    Ouch, sickener.. What spam filter was that? gmail?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭sasar


    Balls, that sucks...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,309 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Thirdfox wrote: »
    lo-and-behold an email from them
    Lesson for today: when you apply to a competition, add their email to your whitelist, so that the mails goto your inbox, and not your spam folder.


  • Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    I originally tried using their website entry but it failed. They had a thread started here announcing the comp so I posted my problem in it. Then got an email from them and entered via that. BTW I finished in the top 167 :rolleyes:


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    Another reason why we should all pay a small levy that goes to a Mosad Hit Squad so that they can hunt down the Spammers & "neutralise" them. :D

    Well done for getting short listed. Care to share the image here?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    shepthedog wrote: »
    Ouch, sickener.. What spam filter was that? gmail?

    Yahoo (a legacy email address that I've kept for a few years now).

    Though gmail has thrown important emails into the spam folder too before (especially ones with attachments).
    the_syco wrote: »
    Lesson for today: when you apply to a competition, add their email to your whitelist, so that the mails goto your inbox, and not your spam folder.

    I would have, except that they hadn't given an email address for me to whitelist :/
    CabanSail wrote: »
    Another reason why we should all pay a small levy that goes to a Mosad Hit Squad so that they can hunt down the Spammers & "neutralise" them. :D

    Well done for getting short listed. Care to share the image here?

    Indeed - down with spam. I wonder who actually purchases prescription medicine online from these dodgy dealers.

    As for my photo - looking at the winners I probably wouldn't have been in contention anyway :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,735 ✭✭✭mikeanywhere


    Unlucky matey, but now you know for the next one!!! ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    It's not all bad Thirdfox, at least you won Thread of the day :D




    Hopefully you get this subscription email in your inbox


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