RobG 1,892 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 "Free email domains are no longer supported at this time" - this is the response I got when my samples were refused today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattTheGeek 99 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 :shock: Well this is going to hinder development. But i can see why with the launchpad and all. Are they offering options for payment? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timotet 44 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I got the same or very similar from maxim last week. Makes it hard for the hobbyist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkoeZ 68 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 well, pay a couple of bucks a year and claim your own domain. If you don't want any site hosting space you can get basic email forwarding very very cheaply. And your own chosen .com or whatever mail-address as a bonus I personally also host a blog on the domain, put some advertisements on there, and it's paying back it's hosting (and a bit more, not much more ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cde 334 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 well, pay a couple of bucks a year and claim your own domain.If you don't want any site hosting space you can get basic email forwarding very very cheaply. And your own chosen .com or whatever mail-address as a bonus I personally also host a blog on the domain, put some advertisements on there, and it's paying back it's hosting (and a bit more, not much more ) Maxim denied me, even though I had my own domain, with the "free email" crap. Rudely at that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkoeZ 68 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Maxim denied me, even though I had my own domain, with the "free email" crap. Rudely at that. Really? :? hmm that could be a problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 Maxim did not like my current work emails, but accepted my legacy one, so there must be more to this than just a blacklist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hlipka 11 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Maxim denied me, even though I had my own domain, with the "free email" crap. Rudely at that. I think Maxim limits email addresses to .com and .org (and maybe .edu). Last time I used my company email. Zevyseacuus 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SugarAddict 227 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Good thing I have email on 7 different paid/business domains... Though it's understandable with the increase in the hobbyist market there is going to be an increase in abuse. They're just trying to dampen it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 I think Maxim limits email addresses to .com and .org (and maybe .edu). Last time I used my company email. My current company email is .com but it's a big telecom domain, so it can be mistaken as one the emails they give to subscribers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timotet 44 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I changed my email info to the email I have at work which is a .com address. Then I requested the samples again, they took the request then sent me another email saying that before they could send the samples to me there business manager had to give the ok. After that I received no more correspondence. About a week later the samples were at my house. :thumbup: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ike 53 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Let me check something. Searching with Google for msp430: http://www.google.com/search?q=msp430 First one result is sponsored from TI http://www.ti.com/MSP430 , so Texas Instruments pays to Google thousands of dollars for ads, then money are not the issue here. Led me see the other search results first non paid is of course is http://www.ti.com, second is processors. http://wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430 , third is wikipedia and the fourth is this site http://www.43oh.com. Let's make another search memberlist.php?mode=&sk=d&sd=d#memberlist. That's right RobG is the second most contributing member of MSP430 community after bluehash who is administrator here. Very clever Texas Instruments. Denying samples to RobG is a FAIL. Or maybe TI wants RobG to play whit other MCUs. Microchip, Atmel, NXP, STMicro, Freescale, Parallax and Renesas if you read this send samples to people in this list memberlist.php?mode=&sk=d&sd=d#memberlist and you will receive more publicity for less money, than using Google's AdSense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilywyrm 13 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Very clever Texas Instruments. Denying samples to RobG is a FAIL. Or maybe TI wants RobG to play whit other MCUs. Microchip, Atmel, NXP, STMicro, Freescale, Parallax and Renesas if you read this send samples to people in this list memberlist.php?mode=&sk=d&sd=d#memberlist and you will receive more publicity for less money, than using Google's AdSense. To be honest, that makes it sound like TI knew all this and still singled him out... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Ha, ha, nice. I was just trying to inform everyone about the changes. After updating my email my order went through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattTheGeek 99 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 No one is being singled out (I believe). Sample abuse is a major problem among semiconductor companies. Lets think about the costs of sampling: Parts: The silicon devices still cost the company money.Shipping: When you order a sample, about 6 or 7 dollars goes to shipping at minimum.Labor: A person hand packs those samples too. A person with a free email is far less likely to be a engineer/designer or a student, and it is safest just to deny all requests from them. Samples only benefit the company if they get a high return volume, and if those samples get to engineers/designers. (As for students, they hope that they will use their company products once they get out of school) Just my thoughts... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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