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    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 14 18:55:37 2021
    I use IMAP to check a mailbox assigned by the ISP. This isn't my main
    email address, but I use it to receive service messages from the ISP.

    IMAP inconveniences my ISP as that would prefer I use their vile Webmail interface and see ads. Whenever I am forced to use their Webmail
    interface, a Youtube video demonstrating some stupid feature dominates
    the screen and I have to figure out how to dismiss it.

    Funny how this isn't an IMAP feature.

    To defeat me, the ISP temporarily blacklists the IP address I use with
    IMAP, which is foreign to the ISP's network.

    Whenever I speak to the help desk, they deny they are doing this, but
    that person is almost never familiar with the wonders of IMAP.

    If I were to create a log and extract certain lines from the log, what
    lines should I search for to extract and forward to the ISP on the off
    chance I ever find anyone willing to be helpful?

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Sun Mar 14 21:08:37 2021
    On 14/03/2021 19.55, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    I use IMAP to check a mailbox assigned by the ISP. This isn't my main
    email address, but I use it to receive service messages from the ISP.

    IMAP inconveniences my ISP as that would prefer I use their vile Webmail interface and see ads. Whenever I am forced to use their Webmail
    interface, a Youtube video demonstrating some stupid feature dominates
    the screen and I have to figure out how to dismiss it.

    Funny how this isn't an IMAP feature.

    To defeat me, the ISP temporarily blacklists the IP address I use with
    IMAP, which is foreign to the ISP's network.

    Whenever I speak to the help desk, they deny they are doing this, but
    that person is almost never familiar with the wonders of IMAP.

    If I were to create a log and extract certain lines from the log, what
    lines should I search for to extract and forward to the ISP on the off
    chance I ever find anyone willing to be helpful?


    Me, I would use fetchmail for this job.

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to Carlos E.R. on Sun Mar 14 20:36:53 2021
    Carlos E.R. <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 14/03/2021 19.55, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    I use IMAP to check a mailbox assigned by the ISP. This isn't my main
    email address, but I use it to receive service messages from the ISP.

    IMAP inconveniences my ISP as that would prefer I use their vile Webmail >>interface and see ads. Whenever I am forced to use their Webmail
    interface, a Youtube video demonstrating some stupid feature dominates
    the screen and I have to figure out how to dismiss it.

    Funny how this isn't an IMAP feature.

    To defeat me, the ISP temporarily blacklists the IP address I use with >>IMAP, which is foreign to the ISP's network.

    Whenever I speak to the help desk, they deny they are doing this, but
    that person is almost never familiar with the wonders of IMAP.

    If I were to create a log and extract certain lines from the log, what >>lines should I search for to extract and forward to the ISP on the off >>chance I ever find anyone willing to be helpful?

    Me, I would use fetchmail for this job.

    How does that work with a blacklisted IP address?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Sun Mar 14 22:45:19 2021
    On 14/03/2021 21.36, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Carlos E.R. <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 14/03/2021 19.55, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    I use IMAP to check a mailbox assigned by the ISP. This isn't my main
    email address, but I use it to receive service messages from the ISP.

    IMAP inconveniences my ISP as that would prefer I use their vile Webmail >>> interface and see ads. Whenever I am forced to use their Webmail
    interface, a Youtube video demonstrating some stupid feature dominates
    the screen and I have to figure out how to dismiss it.

    Funny how this isn't an IMAP feature.

    To defeat me, the ISP temporarily blacklists the IP address I use with
    IMAP, which is foreign to the ISP's network.

    Whenever I speak to the help desk, they deny they are doing this, but
    that person is almost never familiar with the wonders of IMAP.

    If I were to create a log and extract certain lines from the log, what
    lines should I search for to extract and forward to the ISP on the off
    chance I ever find anyone willing to be helpful?

    Me, I would use fetchmail for this job.

    How does that work with a blacklisted IP address?

    The question is not to bypass the blacklist, but to obtain a log of the
    attempt that proves the address is blacklisted. And fetchmail produces
    such a log, and has heuristics to try guess the server type.


    --
    Cheers, Carlos.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)