(a certain cable conglomerate)

[R. Paul Warriner]

Not that I am being critical of anything said, since I do value the 
1st amendment, but certain non-disclosure statements, signed by new 
employees of many corporations, may cause heartache later in life.

Just a word of caution.

paulw at wzrd.com

> Well, interesting thread.  I used to work for this certain cable 
> conglomerate, but quit due to the inproprieties (sp?) of the company.  I 
> was one of the senior tech support personnel, but the job got reduced to 
> doing stupid stuff all day rather than any real troubleshooting.  Also, 
> with the hiring freeze in the Unix dept, there was no future there for me.
> 
> I can say with certainty though that if the smtp servers are overwhelmed 
> the Unix personnel will actually go in and clear the queue so that the mail 
> will work again.  Why this is necessary is anyone's guess.  But I know for 
> a fact also that they do NOT like the customers to know this fact.  Another 
> senior tech got ROYALLY reamed for honestly informing a customer of this fact.
> You are actually supposed to feign stupidity and 'ask the customer to 
> resend the email'.
> This was completely unacceptable to me, and others, but I finally got fed 
> up with all the BS and decided that it was time to move on with my life and 
> career.
> 
> Since I no longer work for the company, they really can't say squat to me 
> anymore :-)
> Finally I can be honest about them and their 'incredible' service ;-0
> 
> As you can see, I do not use their mail servers either.. I have always 
> relied on my localnet dialup account, they know how to do mail :-)
> 
> Charles Rishel
> Chaz®
> 
> At 03:09 AM 6/6/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >         Stay away from the purple micro-dot errrr I mean Adelphia mail,
> >It's pretty bad.
> >         It's pretty bad when my desk rumbles because I'm 20 feet over
> >the freakin' head end and my mail is down.
> >         Dege, I can't verify your claim. In fact I'd go as far as highly
> >doubting it but I wouldn't go as far as wagering my highly coveted
> >employee stock purchase plan on it. Adelphia's server farms are
> >completely infested with spam and Klez. The Klez is clearing up but the
> >spam levels are higher than I've ever seen. It's really a global problem
> >but Adelphia's late to the game as far as installing anti-spam software
> >that works. They don't want to offend innocent domains. There's no
> >grease in the chain of command.
> >         Are any of my bosses in this group? I'll be waiting for the tap
> >on the shoulder tomorrow. Ahem, Mr. Falsone, why don't you come with me.
> >Ahhh!
> >         OK, stay away from the mail
> >
> >         -Anthony
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> >Justin Bennett
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:04 PM
> >To: nflug at nflug.org
> >Subject: Re: RE: (a certain cable conglomerate)
> >
> >Got my standby dialup ATT, for just such emergencies... :) I have
> >friends who use their mail, it sucks. Sometimes delays as long as a day
> >or so, they've had mail that doesn't get through, ect.. So I hear. I
> >don't use it....
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 11:53, Robert Dege wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >     So when I have one of my periodic outages I know who to yell
> >at... just
> > > > kidding :)
> > >
> > > heh - how can you email out if you're suffering through a periodic
> >outage?
> > > :)
> > >
> > > Speaking of crack-delphia, I heard that in order to handle the
> > > overwhelming load of users trying to use the mail server, that they
> >are
> > > actually diabling user accounts (temporarily of course) until server
> >loads
> > > are reasonable.  Then they re-activate the accounts.
> > >
> > > This urban legend hold water?
> > >
> > > Dege
> > >
> > > So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> > > .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > This message has been scanned for viruses and
> > > dangerous content by Dynabrade using MailScanner,
> > > and is believed to be clean.
> >--
> >-------------------------------------------
> >Justin Bennett
> >Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
> >Network Administrator
> >Dynabrade Inc.
> >8989 Sheridan Dr
> >Clarence, NY 14031
> >716-631-0100 ext 215
> >
> >
> >--
> >This message has been scanned for viruses and
> >dangerous content by Dynabrade using MailScanner,
> >and is believed to be clean.
> 
>