Comments

I try to comment on people's blogs when I read something I like or appreciate, or something that's really cool. Yes, an awful lot of the time I lurk without saying a word, though I know I hate it when I look at my site stats and see "frequent lurkers" who don't comment. But I've been trying harder lately to say something when I visit. It's kind of been in the air in a few of my regular reads that feedback is "nice to get."

OK, so I commented today on a blog I visited for the first time earlier this afternoon. The site has comment mediation...fine, no problem. I see the need for it, believe me! About an hour after I commented, I got this in my gmailbox:

This is the Postfix program at host blogger.com.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to {postmaster}

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.

The Postfix program

<[blogname excised]@excite.com>: host [....].excite.com[###.45.###.107] said: 554
: Sender address rejected: Access denied (in reply to
RCPT TO command)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; [blogname excised]@excite.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; host [....].excite.com[###.45.###.107] said: 554
[ps*lm23@gm*il.com]: Sender address rejected: Access denied (in reply to
RCPT TO command)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Cat."
To: [blogname excised]@excite.com
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: New comment on TT [...] Thirteen [...].

Cat. has left a new comment on your post "TT [...] Thirteen [...].":

[Comment deleted because it identifies too much of the site I'm taking pity on because I'm trying to be nice, even though I'm annoyed beyond belief. To paraphrase, the original comment says, "I can relate! Have a great day."]

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Posted by Cat. to [site owner] at 8/17/2006 12:32:08 PM

So now my question is W T F is this? ! I got rejected for commenting?! By someone griping about...er,...something...

I can truthfully say that while I won't promise not to delete spam or obscenities, or just fucking-rude comments, and I might ignore you if you seem weird (you'll have to work hard to be so weird I think you're weird!), I appreciate the fact that you took the time to write SOMEthing back to me. Hmph.


Oh, and by the way, I have another killer headache. What is going on around here?