doug fitw got fixing oslist, please respond - plea

doug os at footprintsinthewind.com
Thu Apr 15 17:49:42 PDT 2010


Anne--

I got this one.

		:- Doug.



On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 20:58 +0000, Anne A Hiha wrote:
> I have received many many messages in the past couple of days but
> although I have posted a number I have received only one message not
> via the OSlist that one of my postings has been received.
> 
> 
> Please respond to this message if you see it. 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Anne from Napier
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:17:49 +0200
> From: mail at visuelle-protokolle.de
> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] doug fitw got fixing oslist, please respond
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> 
> I got the messages
> 
> reinhard
> 
> 
> Am 14/04/10 20:15 schrieb "Eva P Svensson" unter
> <eva at epshumaninvest.se>:
> 
>         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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