Image by just.Luc via FlickrI hate spam. It's a tactic used by lazy uninventive scumbags.I don't like politicians that much and consider most of them to be seriously overpaid.So when I got hit with a spam from the Irish Green Party today to my personal email address I saw red.Here's the spam itself (screenshot with personal details removed):I love the way they wanted to "be … [Read more...] about Irish Green Party Are Spamming Idiots
Get My Name Right!
Image via WikipediaOk. Yes. I do have a rather "odd" first name.It's not common in this country.It is, however, very common in Italy.Now I know that people have problems with my name and I am also very aware of the fact that most people can't pronounce it correctly.The doesn't really bother me.What does, however, bother me is that people can't spell it.Now if they've only ever … [Read more...] about Get My Name Right!
Pet Hates – Emails With No Subject
Maybe some people only get a couple of emails a day... I know I don't.If you don't put a subject to your email I cannot know what it's about without opening it.This wastes my time and yours.A meaningful subject line means that I can prioritise the email, find it later or simply pass it onto the correct person.How hard can it be?Seriously … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Emails With No Subject
Bizarre Emails
When you own "odd" domains you become accustomed to getting rather odd emails. Some of the emails are genuine. Some are simply weird.Armchair.ie has nothing to do with furniture. You don't need to be a genius to realise what the site is all about, yet every single day for the last two weeks I have got an email from a company in China offering me furniture. It's not random … [Read more...] about Bizarre Emails
Mail Server Oddities – Comment Delays
For the past couple of weeks I hadn't been getting any email notifications about pending comments on this blog, which is why some of them took so long to appear. Since I tend to login to check for new comments every few hours and had also been hit pretty badly with comment and trackback spam, I didn't think too much about it. I logged in just now and noticed more comments in … [Read more...] about Mail Server Oddities – Comment Delays