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Email is a wonderful thing and I always look
forward to receiving them. At least, the ones sent to me by
thoughtful clients and friends. Unfortunately email also gets
railroaded by others who use it to send spam, scam, viruses &
worms, pyramid and/or forward messages etc. I do get a lot of emails
so for sanity's and security's sake I respectfully ask you to
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- Attachments: for security reasons all meassages with uninvited
attachments are automatically deleted regardless of the source. That
means pictures, MP3s etc. Please note: MS business cards (*.VCF)
automatically added to emails count as attachments. That means I never
get to read the actual message itself - if you want/need to send me an
attachment or transfer a file please email me first to let me know the
file size & format so I can tell you where and how to email it.
- Security: most email viruses and worms are targeted at the newer
versions of email clients (email software) and in order to minimize the
risk of getting infections I intentionally use an older, non-MS, email
client.
- Sanity: please setup your email client's options so it won't bug
us to confirm delivery of your message
- Sanity: if your mail server automatically asks people
to submit their email addresses for security checks before allowing
emails to be delivered to you then please remember to add my email
address to your "approved account" list before hand. If you email
me asking me stuff then don't expect me to beg you for permission
to send you an answer.
- Security & sanity: please so not email us "Forward" messages
or use our email address(es) in mass mailings. We get a lot of email and
cluttering up our inbox needlessly complicates our communications.
- HTML formatting: my older non-MS email client does not always
know how to handle HTML code. This means I don't always get to see what
you wrote me and ask you send your message in TEXT only format. I agree
it won't look near as nice but at least I can read it and reply to
it.
- Rich Text formatting: same thing as HTML, please set your email
client's option to TEXT only
- Address books: for security reasons I request you do not add our
email address(es) to your email address book as viruses and worms often
exploit them to spread themselves, usually without your knowledge.
- When linking, or refering, to our website, please do not post our
email address(es). Instead please link to our main index page or our
contact page.
- Inquiries - if you email us to ask questions about any topic on
this website please use common courtesy, it'll greatly improve your
chances of getting a reply. Please use the name of the person wish to
contact and sign your own name at the end of your email. It would also
be a nice touch if you let us know from what part of the world you are
emailing us. Example: I received an email without as much as a "hi
bart," or a who it's from, it simply demanded "send me all your tabs."
Hmmm, not a chance in heck I would even consider thinking about
replying.
- We welcome and value your email messages, it's always a pleasure
to receive them and we make it a point to answer all of them (provided
of course, they're not spam or junk emails). Sometimes it takes a while
to receive a reply as we may not be available for whatever reasons.
- No replies: when you don't receive a reply - in the real world
sometimes some email server somewhere suffers a crooked volt or throws a
tantrum for whatever reason. Could be your message gets bounced back to
you else if you don't get a reply within a reasonable length of time
your message might have been swallowed up by a dark hole or something,
unfortunately that is a fact of the computer age so simlpy try again and
resend us your message.
- No replies - if your email address is a Hotmail or Live
account make sure you check your junk folder. The MS anti spam filters
are set up really tight, often way too tight, so my replies could have
easily been parked in your junk folder or even auto-deleted as suspected
spam.
- Meeltjes in het nederlands geadresseert aan Bart van harte
welkom.
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