doug fitw got fixing oslist, please respond

[JL Walker]

Hi Eva, Doug and Michael I got your messages!
>From a sunny Santiago of Chile,
Juan Luis

-----Mensaje original-----
De: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] En nombre de Eva P Svensson
Enviado el: miércoles, 14 de abril de 2010 14:16
Para: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Asunto: Re: [OSLIST] doug fitw got fixing oslist, please respond

Hi Doug, I got both your messages!
:D
Eva

Skickat från min iPhone

14 apr 2010 kl. 20.00 skrev doug <os at footprintsinthewind.com>:

> 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.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> 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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