If anyone is not seeing their messages come through to their inbox, rather than send a flurry of test messages to the group, it's best to contact supp...@legacyfamilytree.com so we can help investigate the problem.
You're right Scott, it's not fair for everyone to have to have their mailbox cluttered with test messages. Most mailing lists discourage this type of activity. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Scott Hall <seh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > All: > > I hate to be a complainer, but the continual flurry of "this is a > test" e-mails that are hitting this board lately are getting a bit > annoying. No disparagement meant towards any individual by this, but > I'm wondering why we're seeing so many. Two thoughts come to mind, > both with a solution. > > 1. If the problem is that people want simply to ensure they are > subscribed and that messages are not zapped by spam filters, the onus > is on you to simply wait for legitimate messages to hit or inbox > and/or for you to periodically check your spam filters to see if they > are there. You can tell whether a message has been posted by going to > the list's archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/. In > other words, please use legitimate messages for your test purposes, > not test messages that serve no other purpose. You could, of course, > also use the confirmation e-mail sent by the list server when you > subscribe. > > 2. If the problem is that the mail server has a glitch which causes > some or all of the messages to not be delivered to people who are > subscribed, then Legacy should investigate and resolve the issue. > > Certainly, the third alternative is that I should simply shut up and > continue to hit delete as I see these messages come through. If the > group's consensus is this alternative, then I'll respectfully let the > matter drop and say no more. > > Kindly, > Scott > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
