In my case, I had not used the wrong email address. I asked Support for help but received no reply. After a few days I started receiving messages from the list so knew I was subscribed by then, but still could not post until a few more days had passed.
It is very frustrating to have subscribed and then when trying to post a message get: '...Sorry, you do not have permission to post to the [email protected] mailing list...'. In my case I tried several times to post and received that message. That is what causes people to keep trying and eventually one gets through and by this time it is complaining about not being able to post. It is also possible why someone seeing the posts coming through, but not able to post, in desperation hijacks a thread. I was tempted to do it myself. Support saying " You must have been using the wrong email address previously because this one came through" is simply not true in my case and I suspect for others who had not been using a "wrong" email address. There seems to be a lag time of several days from when one subscribes and the list server recognising that and allowing posting. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 12 March 2010 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Email problems We've seen countless messages come through in the past 2 or 3 months all complaining about the inability to post messages or not receiving any messages. Fellow users have sometimes suggested un-subscribing and then re-subscribing. Millennia support has also publicly posted advising users with multiple email address to make sure they are using the correct address (the one they subscribed with). We've even seen messages complaining about a complete inability to post yet the complaint itself gets posted (I can't figure that one out; similar to the OP's message that started this thread). I don't recall ever seeing any messages about someone saying that they admitted they were using the wrong email address, or they had spam filters intercepting all LUG messages, or that the juxtaposition of Mars and Jupiter was incorrect. I would love to see a message from either a user or from the LUG Administrator summarizing what is happening. Do we keep giving out the same advice not knowing if it is really addressing any problems? Or should we start to ignore any requests for email messaging help and assume that the user will eventually figure out the problem or that Millennia will contact them directly. Without knowing what is right and what is wrong, we are being kept in the dark --- just like mushrooms. Brian in CA Spring is sprung -----Original Message----- From: William Boswell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Email problems The OP could have had a similar problem as I did about a week ago where you subscribed, but would not receive any messages or they were delayed several days. I couldn't figure out if it was a Gmail thing or people just weren't posting and typically this list is busy every day. I'm think the error message was probably something generated from his IP akin to what was quoted. I also don't think the move to Google servers was the best idea. It seems to have issues that might be more related to Google. As for assuring that you are responding to a message using the appropriate email address, don't most programs allow you to set this up. I use Outlook 2007 and it lets me send messages only using the correct email address. It is also set up to send out plain text only as I've repeatedly told a few of the Legacy police here. Except this doesn't work when I respond to someone who doesn't adhere to this rule so I have to manually convert my reply. I wish the system would do it automatically. What does a mushroom feel like? Bill Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
