Brian, This is my one and only contribution to this thread! I have previously made one other contribution to a thread on the same subject, shortly after I'd had problems, in that I could post but not receive. It was sorted after I emailed Legacy and asked them to rectify the situation.
And that is the only action which someone in a similar situation can take. It is a waste of time, the poster's and ours, writing to this list. We are users, we have no control on the workings of LUG, we do not know if they are having problems, nor what is causing delays for the list to become active for some users. In other words none of us can answer. So, Brian, in answer to your question "Or should we start to ignore any requests for email messaging help", in my view, the answer is "yes", because *we do not know*. Ron Ferguson Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > 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
