On 3/11/2010 7:59 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > Very interesting. Sounds to me like the LUG Administrator has some explaining > to do. And before anyone suggests that we are just trying to point fingers, > it's not about that at all. I think all us Luggers (Lugheads?) need to know > what is going on with the server so that we can properly advise other users > experiencing similar difficulties. ISN'T THAT WHY THIS GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED? > Withholding such info by Millennia is counter-productive. As it stands right > now, I don't think any of us can help any user with email problems simply > because we are not being informed about what is right or what is wrong with > the list server. And that means we should be afraid of giving wrong, > misleading, or useless advice or else the user could think we are attacking > their intelligence (as recently happened). I'm really beginning to see the > problem from the viewpoint of the OP and think he was not all that wrong. I > just wish he could have seen our viewpoint in that we seem to have been kept > in the dark. Someone with LegacyFamilyTree.com in their email address needs > to respond. > > Brian in CA > Mushroom Class of 2010 > > > I've decided to add my take on what I see. Please don't take this as picking on anyone in particular. Brian, your email just happens to be the last one in the list.
LUG gets an average of 33 messages a day, or about 1,000 a month. Some of it is really unnecessary, as this email of mine should be. I have over 60,000 LUG emails in my Legacy folder from late 2004. Please think about that when you go to reply the next time. Ask yourself, "Is what I have to say really contributing to the discussion, or just adding to the noise?" I don't know this for sure, but it's likely that new members are moderated to make sure they aren't spammers. It's very likely, from past experience, that the moderators have to weed through a lot of spam every day to filter it out manually. that means that they have to look at a lot more than 33 emails a day. If they are busy with another project, they may not get to release some of the legit email in a timely manner. I know that Bob Runion has had another email address in the past. It's very possible that he was attempting to use that one, or another, to send to the group. It's possible that it was held up along the way as someone else's was recently. I think that was William's. Maybe the servers undergo distributed denial of service attacks or spam runs that delay the messages. What ever is the case, demanding an explanation is not productive. It just adds to the noise and tension. There's no need for it. There are many of us that really appreciate learning from what others do. Many of us appreciate all the work that the staff goes to to bring us the features that make Legacy what it is. Can we please move on to discussing how to best deal with all the wonderful features and, yes, how best to deal with bugs or problems. -- Brian Schultz Hood River, OR 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
