Damn you overzealous spam filter!

Thirdfox

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...

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

shepthedog

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

sasar

Balls, that sucks...

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.

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:

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.

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

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.

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

mikeanywhere

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

Tallon

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




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