[Elecraft] Earthlink ISP problems

[Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft]

A number of elecraft list users who use earthlink as their ISP are 
intermittently experiencing delays getting list email or are getting 
automatically unsubscribed. This is due to a problem at earthlink with their 
new SPAM filters. Their filters apparently mistake elecraft list email as SPAM 
when they see multiple emails to an earthlink account in a day from the same 
list. Earthlink then begins to generate a large amount of bounce/delay 
messages to the list, which causes the qth.net server for the elecraft list to 
  automatically unsubscribe the user's address as a bad address.

This problem is not restricted just to the Elecraft list or others at 
mailman.qth.net. It also is causing intermittent problems for lists hosted 
other places like yahoo groups. There is nothing we are able to do about it on 
this end :^(

Earthlink is still not responding to the issue so earthlink user options seem 
to be:

1. Complain to Earthlink until they do something (don't hold your breath).
2. Get another ISP
3. Get a free pop3 address or web mail address and subscribe with it.
4. Stay subscribed with your earthlink account but set your elecraft list
    mail options to 'no mail' and read the list via our web page daily
    archives at http://www.elecraft.com/elist.html . This will allow you to
    still post to the list.

Free pop3 accounts can be had at softhome.net and postmark.net which are both 
very reliable.  Using forwarding addresses like arrl or qsl will not solve the 
problem, only make it worse for us to find bouncing addresses.

73, Eric   WA6HHQ
Elecraft list manager