In message <1qmlsv1.1svwl17b83xfqN%l...@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> at
Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:52:21, Liz Tuddenham
<l...@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> writes
>J. P. Gilliver <
G6...@255soft.uk> wrote:
>
>> When I try to use the ITV version of the BBC iPlayer (it seems to be
>> called itvX), they say they're sending a verification email to the email
>> address I've used to sign up with. The emails don't arrive (and no, I
>> don't _have_ a spam bin).
>>
>> I've tried using at least three emails - the latest done in an incognito
>> window, so no cookies or whatever should be involved.
>
>Is it an e-mail or is it an HTML webpagege sent by e-mail? If it is a
>webpage it could contain characters that trigger a spam warning some way
>back in the chain, so it never gets near your computer.
Or it might contain links to a webpage, that have been declared dodgy by
someone somewhere. I've had times when my outgoing emails have been
bounced by PlusNet's outgoing mail system (or, in reality, whoever they
subcontract that function to) if they contained certain URLs - even some
that I thought quite innocuous. Though - touch wood - not for many
months. (I proved to my satisfaction that that was what was triggering
the bouncing by mangling the URLs; the emails then got through.)
>
>Perhaps the e-mails are going through a gmail server somewhere. Gmail
>have been rejecting e-mails that don't contain some extra security
>feature, which is supposed to be optional. I have been having lots of
>trouble trying to send e-mails to gmail customers and getting them
>returned. Nobody seems to know how to switch off this 'feature'.
>
Andy Burns says he receives them, though that may not prove anything as
he receives emails via a different route to me.
>
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf