Here is a response from "Slush" in that same thread... Slush is the owner and operator of the Slush Bitcoin Mining Pool, is very well respected in the community, and these are his exact words: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976.msg1925708#msg1...
"I cross-checked my mailbox setup and no forwarding is configured here. For now I fully blame OVH for this issue." -Slush