well.. something you have to remember about your local "professional supply house" is that they deal with the contractors that do irrigation and plumbing for a living. Me and my dad did about $50,000 a year in parts at our local Rainbird store. And thats a good bit of money. So when I walked in the store for materials, it wasn't uncommon for me to get service before the regular joe who had come there just to ask a couple questions. Is it fair? not really. But they are just trying to keep their contactors happy, because that is where they make their money at. But, to tell the truth, even if they didn't treat me well, i would still buy from them.. even at a higher price. It helps to have the connections and experience at a local place. Because it is about damn near impossible to get good advice over the phone anymore...

Germania Seed and Jelitto Seed would be my two recommendations for ornamental grass seeds. HCG would be a good source for potted ornamental grasses. You'll also find a large ornamental grass selection at any of these mail order suppliers: Bluestem Nsy Santa Rosa Gardens Plant Delights Remember that many of the popular varieties of ornamental grass are those that will not come true to form from seed, or the seed itself is not viable. These varieties must be produced by vegetative propagation, which means you'll need to start these from potted grasses or starter plants. Being in zone 5, wanting to start grasses in mid-october, you'll face some challenges. It's too late to start from seed, unless you have a hot-house to grow in. It's also too late to plant out most mail-order grasses in zone 5. You may want to think about planning out for spring 2008 and starting as soon as warm weather sets back in.

Her email is not being rejected as Spam. What I tried to explain was the possibility that her Internet provider is allowing someone to send out Spam. If that is the case and SORBS are involved they would send the offending ISP a warning, if they heed the warning and close the spammer down all is well. However if they are tardy and fail to act then SORBS acts as an intermediary and blocks everything leaving that particular server. An internet provider can have numerous servers and if only one is involved in Spam then only that one gets blocked. That is why I asked if every email gets blocked or some. So.......... why not try this When the email is returned to the other person what is the reason given? Is it every piece or most of them getting returned? Have your friend right click on the returned message then click Properties, then Details then Message source. Bring this up to full screen and read down through the message. It seems likely that your server is allowing Spam to go out so her internet provider is blocking that server entirely. Look for the word SORBS - it may also be other companies but SORBS are big into this. Until that happens you are not going to know very much for sure.

Or maybe you don't access your account as often and just missed the window of downtime. Its problems are way more often this last week than other times. It's acting up right now. Try the link I have farther up the thread, and you'll see how large a chunk of time it's been misbehaving today. It's a moving graph so it won't show you Monday, for instance. not right this moment for me, but it was earlier and it absolutely was on Monday. Or maybe I only hit it when it wasn't working. Either way, I think you're dismissing things you shouldn't dismiss. Yahoo is having trouble right now. It'd be nice if it worked every time one opened their mail. Which is what one would expect from a mail provider. I've been with them for a very long time. It's my only email provider outside of work. I won't change. But to say it's smooth sailing, what's wrong with you? just shows you're either A) lucky, B) don't access it as often as others, or C) are oblivious(?).