Send A Card, Give A Child A Toy! [PLEASE READ!]

[fatflash1423]

I just found 600+ Undeliverable Mail sent to giveaways@fbtb.net in my junk folder... It's letting me click the links in them and it appears the counter is going up. I guess I'll have to sit and click through all of them.

any way to check to see if you ended up getting these?

http://www.legosantayoda.com/index.cfm? ... &id=347694
http://www.legosantayoda.com/index.cfm? ... &id=347686
http://www.legosantayoda.com/index.cfm? ... &id=347673

a few of the links. also, I'm not having any luck sending new emails out. from any of my computers/phones.

[lemons]

thanks for streamlining the e-card process FBTB! It's awesome that LEGO is willing give to so many kids in need. I unfortunately don't have the capacity to run a contest to generate interest, but I'll be spreading the word through my Star Wars LEGO blog as well.

Merry Christmas everyone!

[onions]

we're pressing on until either we hit 1mil, or the clock ticks to december 24th and they shut the site down, whichever happens first.

[onions]

a bit of an update:

http://www.fbtb.net/2011/12/08/update-on-toys-for-tots/

tl;dr

i suspect they stopped outgoing emails. "the guns.... they've stopped..."

at least until they figure out someother way to not be forced to donate toys as quickly.

[MorsLEGO]

So, if they blocked your IP address are you still receiving any of the cards we send to giveaways@fbtb.net? I want to keep sending them, but I also want to make sure someone's receiving them!

[onions]

i sent an email from my yahoo account to that address and it went through fine. i suspect they either suspended all outgoing emails or turned off that functionality completely for the time being until they can figure out a solution.

[iPodwithnomusic]

Right now I'm trying to send e-mails from my e-mail account with numbers added,

ekajXX@sympatico.ca

Would you mind letting me know if you get them? (I understand there will probably be a delay)

[etcknight]

I'm still doing the same thing as before, and it says "Your message had been sent" - even using the "Back" button. Are the messages not really being sent?

[GroudonMan]

Has it yet been tested whether they are blocking ALL outgoing greetings, or whether it's just to the giveaways? If it's the latter, is it blocking going to the fbtb.net domain or just that one address?

[buriedbybricks]

I've tried sending them to and from multiple accounts and have recieved nothing.

[goshe7]

a bit of an update:

http://www.fbtb.net/2011/12/08/update-on-toys-for-tots/

tl;dr

i suspect they stopped outgoing emails. "the guns.... they've stopped..."

at least until they figure out someother way to not be forced to donate toys as quickly.

So, if I read the update correctly, there isn't any point in sending emails to giveaways@fbtb.ne t for the time being. I'll leave my bot running overnight anyways. I'm not getting a lot of undeliverable errors or any other indication they are failing. Per one of the earlier email posts I did slow down the pace of sending. (But really why would LEGO want this? As you say, let us finish off the fun and traffic will drop to minimal in just a few days.)

I don't think the "quickly" portion should be an issue. It's Dec 8, or 1/3 of the way to the 24th. Count is around 360k, or 1/3 of the way to 1M. So we are just on pace with earned value.

[goshe7]

I've tried sending them to and from multiple accounts and have recieved nothing.

Oops. Me too. I periodically ping myself with a card to make sure everything is runnign well. The last couple sent (since this AM) haven't shown up.

[onions]

probably a good idea to turn off any bots you guys have running until we can confirm that messages are once again being sent out. like i said, they may be figuring out other measures to prevent bot spamming.

[Astrote713]

Have you gotten any from me recently? I haven't got any error, or any coming back to me recently. And the site is not telling me anything about a three email limit, so I'm still sending.

[Cad Bane]

Well, there's some good news for the tots. StarWars.com has an article: http://starwars.com/news/legosantayoda.html that promotes the cause. Hopefully more people will hear about this through that website and send their 3 e-greetings. While this doesn't help the contest, it will hopefully ensure that the number of toys steadily rises despite our efforts being prevented.

[onions]

Have you gotten any from me recently? I haven't got any error, or any coming back to me recently. And the site is not telling me anything about a three email limit, so I'm still sending.

no, like i said, all outgoing mail has stopped. try sending some to yourself to see if you get any.

[onions]

Well, there's some good news for the tots. StarWars.com has an article: http://starwars.com/news/legosantayoda.html that promotes the cause. Hopefully more people will hear about this through that website and send their 3 e-greetings. While this doesn't help the contest, it will hopefully ensure that the number of toys steadily rises despite our efforts being prevented.

that's an old article and was published when the site went live. and by all accounts, didn't have much of an impact.

[Cad Bane]

Sorry, I guess I didn't read it that well, but it must have been updated because it mentions the 3 email limit that seems to be one of the new complications our efforts. It made the front page of the website however, which is why I mentioned it...

[Chief]

Alright, I've got a weird problem now. I've sent and received to myself in the past 10 minutes, but it would not finish sending each email from the site until the youtube video had finished playing. Is this just some weird lag in my browser, or the latest "fix" from Lego?

[Walter Boy]

Has anyone been sending me any? I've only received a total of one letter, but I'd gladly open more.

Once my semester ends I'll try to get around to sending more out, in any way I can!

Keep it up guys, you're real inspiring.