On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:43:03 Andrew Greig wrote:
> Thanks Alex,
>
> BTW this OT problem.  I cannot get into my listing on that page to
> adjust stuff. Tried all combinations of password and email - no avail.
> Have sent message to webmaster requesting help - silent line.

The only way of adjusting stuff is via CVS. Unless you have set up a tunnel 
and have commit privileges to the CVS repository, you can't change anything.
>
> Thanks
>  Andrew
>
> On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 05:35 +1000, Alex Fisher wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:15:08 Andrew Greig wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 17:38 +1000, Alex Fisher wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:36:28 Jason Komar wrote:
> > > > > Those sound like good ideas to me. Anything that makes things
> > > > > clearer for the people seeking out CD's is good for everyone.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Which particular page were you thinking of? The one listing the
> > > > distributors, or another one?
> > >
> > > Hi Alex,
> > >
> > > At the top of the page listing distributors we need to something akin
> > > to warning motorists of a toll road ahead.  I do not think that I am
> > > Robinson Crusoe here, but it seems that a lot of the Windows users do
> > > not live on email like we do.  OSS has a cultural dependency on email,
> > > but a lot of my inquirers send me an email ordering a Free CD and give
> > > me their snail mail address and then just expect it to arrive.
> > >
> > > To every inquirer who contacts me I send a standard email explaining
> > > that D/L is free but CD has a token fee attached. I do not want them to
> > > receive a CD without being aware of this.  It could cause some
> > > unpleasantness if they think they have been "ripped off".
> > >
> > > But, sometimes it takes weeks for them to get the message. And
> > > sometimes I get an email asking "where is the CD I ordered?" But for
> > > which I have no agreement to proceed.
> > >
> > > SHORT version.
> > > Tell they will be up for a token fee determined by their distributor.
> > > Tell them to expect a reply before sending the Disks.  Tell them to
> > > monitor their email closely for a day after sending their request.
> >
> > OK I'll see what I can com up with tonight....
> >
> > > That should cover it.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Andrew Greig
> > > Melbourne, Australia
> > >
> > > BTW This Sun deal is just so poetic.  Imagine an ad for the opposition
> > > popping up in an update Java message on Windows.  Soooo good!
> > > A
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