Harrison, several times when you said your messages didn't seem to get through in the past, I actually got your messages and at least once said so here. Of course it might be possible that *my* messages are not reaching *you*...
Cheers, Ilja 2010/4/14 Harrison Owen <[email protected]>: > Michael – you can add me to the list. There doesn’t seem to be any rational > – but whoever said that computers were rational??? > > > > ho > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Herman > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: fixing oslist > > > > hi all, > > i've just gotten word from our hosts at boise state. now is a good time, if > you're having trouble posting to the list, i.e. your messages hits the > archives but not everyone's inbox, to test this to make sure it's still > happening -- and to document it for those who might be able to fix it. > > there are several -- lisa, michael jr., christine and christine, and myself, > who i know have had troubles. this message might not even make it out. but > if it does, and you are one of these folks, i've jiggled your settings a bit > to see if that helps. try to post again. invite replies. if you don't get > any, then forward the details (see message from bsu, below) and send to me > to forward on to bsu. > > also, if you try to post from the website, DO NOT check the box to receive a > copy of your own post. that seems to be a problem (see below from bsu.) > > in the meantime, if you can't mail directly to the list, try the website. i > know it's not the ideal situation, but what i've done is set myself on > digest, so i get an unreadable mash of daily postings, but it has a simple > list of message subjects at the top. that is readable, and it's my cue that > some things have been posted, prompting me to go to the site to read the > ones i'm interested in. it's a decent work around, for the moment. > > thanks, m > > > here is what i got today from boise state... > > I'm very puzzled by this behavior as well. I have had reports of this > off and on for the last 6 to 9 months. I had one user go around and > around with lsoft and basically lsoft blamed gmail. There's another > guy who has earthlink as his provider and he's had all kinds of > problems. His posts wind up in the spam folder quite frequently. > I've also seen a thread on the list maintainers listserv that suggests > that listserv is sending messages with duplicate message ids which > causes mailers to cull perfectly legitimate mail. This seems to > happen when people use the web gui and click the box to ask to a > receipt. I just documented another case of this today. I have also > noticed that the sheer volume that hits the listserv machine has > reached ridiculous proportions. The spammers seem to start work > Friday afternoon and continue on through the weekend. So it's a > bloody mess. > > I will forward your query to lsoft support. You're certainly welcome > to copy complaints on to me. I do need a date and time the message > was sent and a description of what happened. I also need an email > address. I've been very busy since my job has changed here, so I have > done triage on the listserv. I seem to have come up for air right > now, so this is an opportune time for me to work on these issues. > > I'll forward your query on to lsoft support as well. Always good to > hear from you. Sorry your list isn't behaving. I'll get back to you > with lsoft's suggestions if there are any. > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
