fixing oslist

[Annamarie Pluhar]

Yeah, but they're (usually)  logical. It's just figuring out what the logic is! 

Were I ever to do software coaching, the tag line would be "the answer is always a keystroke away..."  


Annamarie Pluhar

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On Apr 14, 2010, at 4:33 PM, doug wrote:

> 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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>> ho
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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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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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