fixing oslist

[doug]

Harrison--

This one came through.

			:- Doug.

On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 15:56 -0400, Harrison Owen wrote:
> Michael – you can add me to the list. There doesn’t seem to be any
> rational – but whoever said that computers were rational???
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> Harrison Owen
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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael Herman
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:18 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: fixing oslist
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> hi all, 
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> 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.
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> 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.  
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> 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.)  
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> 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.
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> thanks, m
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> here is what i got today from boise state...
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> 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.
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> 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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