doug fitw got fixing oslist, please respond

[doug]

Hi--

<This is from an alternative address>

I got your message, Michael.

Somebody please respond that you got mine--again, if you got the prior one.

			:- Doug.

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From: Michael Herman <michael at michaelherman.com>
Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: fixing oslist
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:17:39 -0500

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. 

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