[Fwd: Important - Your Web Addresses have expired]

I'm getting expiration notices for my domain, when I have in fact transfered it to another domain registrar, GoDaddy.com. [Check WhoIs.net.]

This is either poor marketing on your part, or more likely a bug in your system.

Please pass this information on to your managers and automated mail system developers.

TTFN
    Tom Sayles


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Subject:	Important - Your Web Addresses have expired
Date:	Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:03:02 -0400
From:	Renewals - Register.com <renewals@imail.register.com>
Reply-To:	Renewals - Register.com <renewals.L2SZW.151795@imail.register.com>
To:	tsayles@... .com

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Bread Machine

I think my parents sent me a bread machine for my birthday. But I won't know for sure until I open it in a few days. Gotta love that Amazon wish list.

Re: Paypal Varification

Josh --

I have had a PayPal account for a couple of years now and I've probably spent around $500 or $600 though PayPal. Once I verified the test deposit to my account, it's been quick and easy. I generally maintain a $50 balance with PayPal for impulse buys and quick donations. So far I haven't had any problems with them or their affiliated merchants that I've dealt with. Nor have I gotten anyone to click on the donate button in my sidebar and actually send me money.

I haven't personally gone through their dispute resolution process, but I know people who have and they reported satisfactory results.

I do get the occasional phishing e-mail pretending to be PayPal, so I'm careful to make sure I'm connecting to the websites I think I am. And other then purchases, I always try to initiate my connection to PayPal rather then follow a hyperlink.

In the beginning I don't think that they actually wanted to require access to your bank account, but I suspect that it was the regulators that have driven the requirement as part of the "know your customer" initiatives. I also suspect that PayPal is subject to the same kind of (or at least very similar) auditing as most banks not to mention S.Ox. auditing.

I haven't seen any gaping holes in the security of their transaction model. And I suspect that if and when a security flaw is found, that it will get rapid and very public attention.

Overall I'm very happy with their service and would recommend that you go ahead and verify.

I'm happy to throw in my 2 cents.

TTFN
Tom

Date:	Mon, 08 May 2006 17:21:24 -0400
From:	"Joshua Engel"
Subject:	Paypal verification

Do you have a Paypal account?
They keep trying to get me to "verify".
I'm kinda reluctant to give  them any access to my bank account at all.
With a credit card they  don't have access to my money; they can charge
me a trillion dollars but  at least I still have my cash.  But they're
a semi-reputable organization.  Sort of.  Thoughts?

-- Joshua 

Quote:Visualize your success today.

I found the following in a horoscope feed.

"A great way to ensure your victory is to picture it. Visualize your success today."

http://astrology.yahoo.com/

NASA - Crew Experiences a Total Solar Eclipse

NASA - Crew Experiences a Total Solar Eclipse

Cool Pics.

New Favorite Song

I heard BrainsBodyBoth off George Hrab's Coelacanth CD on a podcast (can't remember which one, probably Accident Hash and/or Pacific Coast Hellway) and said that I've got to have that song. Since ordering my CD from CD Baby, I've heard it on several other podcasts including again on Accident Hash.

What does TTFN mean?

TTFN = Ta ta for now.

Back when geeks could type faster than the Internet could transmit, it was important to condence as much meaning into as few key strokes as possible. Many of the abreviations that kids use on instant messaging systems today had their beginings in e-mail twenty years ago.

TTFN is also a quote of Tigger from Disney's Winnie the Pooh movies. I'm not sure which came first.