Dear group, To paraphrase Twain:
Reports of the list's death are greatly exaggerated. I have to apologize. There was a glitch, an invalid assumption, followed by an oversight, before, finally, resolution... There are two separate fees I pay at different times during the year to Eskimo North to host the group... One is for my user account; the second for hosting the silverlist web and e-mail domains. The latter expired without my receiving the usual advance warning message(s) due to human error at Eskimo. Glitch. When a member kindly brought to my attention that the web page wasn't loading, I contacted support to find out what the problem was, and requested the renewal. I assumed, inadvisedly as it turns out, that the web page would be restored shortly -- I had to call again just today to get them to process my payment and reactivate the domain names, which are now working. Assumption, oversight, resolution... While the domains were temporarily unhosted, it appears the list itself still worked for existing members, but access to the list server control addresses was interrupted, causing some subscription attempts to fail. Please, if you've been trying to help friends join the group, let them know that the problem was temporary and is now repaired. The web pages are back up, which allows me to remind anyone who's new or has forgotten, that the list rules can be found at www.silverlist.org ... Look particularly at the Prohibited Topics section, please? I would appreciate it now if the "Native American stories" thread can be retired very soon. It's indeed pleasant to realize the diversity of our membership, but the tendency of the topic to draw in elements of politics and religion makes it ultimately unsuitable for the main list. The Off Topic List is, however, available for anyone who wishes to continue the discussion. Please limit your further contributions to the thread and refrain from responding to others who may post before seeing this message. Thanks! I apologize for not being more diligent so as to prevent this problem to begin with -- and communicative enough to reassure everyone that the problem was not... fatal. I can only plead that I'm busy as hell right now and have to husband my time and energy carefully to get everything done and still at least minimally meet my commitments to you and others who depend on me. Things will improve, in time. Meanwhile, I thank you for your patience. Peace, Mike Devour silver-list owner [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
