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Email not downloading from external server
I have no incoming email from external messages to email addresses we have on another server. as an example emails destined to us from family@url.com are not downloading we have multiple email addresses set up for domains we own but none are downloading. I have checked with the hosting compnay and there is no problem at their end and have no block via spamhaus. If I use a hotspot the computer does download the headers from all emails. Any idea how to solve this?
What we're watching now...Continuing
The thread 'what are you watching now' was locked due to it's size and the thread continuing it by the moderator, was amalgamated and also locked.❓ to access the old thread which is now read only Original What are you watching now thread So this is a new thread with a slightly different Tittle.... Continuing.... Planet X appears to be hidden behind the Sun in our Solar System What Made Spartans So Much Better At Fighting INSANE AI Video Generator you can use NOW! I Got Early Access to Suno's New AI Tool - Here's what I Did With It! Udio's New Feature is a Gamechanger for AI Music
VM has a "Fake Review Policy"
Which got me wondering a few things: Is it a review policy that is in fact fake? Is it a fake review policy that is in fact true? Lastly... just...why? It is undated but seems fairly new https://www.virginmedia.com/dynamo/legal/fake-review-policy It initially flashes a 404 error on loading regardless of the browser used which sort of doubles down on the fakery side of things. In addition the main email address given for reporting "inappropriate" reviews (undefined) is actually an O2 domain but we are assured that's it's good for VM reviews too. Also I initially assumed that it was VM threatening terrible Hell-in-a-handcart sanctions against customers posting bad reviews. However it seems VM sometimes rewards reviewers with hard cash and "freebies" according to the policy. I have seen this sort of thing on Trustpilot with a number of companies and there is a "verified" tag used for these. However of the thousands of reviews of VM on Trustpilot I could only find 12 verified reviews using the filter. Of these 12 reviews just one is positive. Has anyone on here been incentivised to review VM? Was it conditional on providing a nice one? What did you get in return? Where is the review?Problems with forum
I have had problems accessing the forum over the last two days; I find myself now able to access posts. My ID stated that I "didn't exist", nor could I access anything on the forum. I went surfing the forum in circles, Under the settings section there are 12 different IP addresses (some internal beginning with 10, others with 81, 82 and one 193). This leads me to think (ask) of the following: has the forum been hacked? is there a data breach? have I done something wrong or posted stuff that is objectionable? (as mentioned elsewhere) a bug with CloudFlare (as I get the occasional 502 bad gateway error)? is it bugs or errors in the forum software? is it a Windows problem? am I being stupid? all/none of the above. If it were bugs or errors in the software, I presume they have now been fixed as I can now make posts again. Any comments, help etc are welcome. Cheers.Six year old PC upgrade
My PC was long over due an upgrade, hadn't even changed the thermal paste every two years as you're supposed to, so it must have slowed down or run hotter over time. I was running a Asus crosshair VII Hero Motherboard with an AMD 2700x 8 core 16 thread CPU and 16GB of 3200Mhz DDR4 RAM I seen on Amazon that the AMD 5950x 16 core 32 threads CPU was on offer for under £300, so decided to upgrade along with 64GB of CL16 DDR4 3200Mhz RAM (CL16 works out OK as it is a multiple of the base clock) It now runs over 3800 Mhz with peaks up to 4500 Mhz, I have a Corsair AIO watercooler so that does the job, TEMPS not exceeding 72c on test with all 32 threads running flat out. I originally included a 850W gold PSU in my build, to allow for upgrades later and had some Artic thermal paste from a previous PC The Upgrade cost £406, so that will have to do for another lot of years. It's amazing how fast the PC now runs. Sticking with Windows 10 for now
