>From: "CP Henshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>I have been a s_u_b_s_c_r_i_b_e_r to this list, on and off, for a couple of
>years (on and off, because I travel and don't need 1,000s of emails from
>various lists when I am on the move!). However, I find many of the post
>threads extremely interesting and informative and read the list when time
>permits. I also use the archives on occasions.
>
>I have many times wanted to post to the EOS list, but am usually frustrated
>by the lack of instructions for performing same.
>
>Maybe I am too old to learn new tricks (although I have worked in the
>ever-changing computer industry for the last 35 years and make constant use
>of the internet) but whenever I want to post to the list, I inevitably
>fail.
>
>There are no obviously accessible instructions which scream out "How to
>Post
>to the EOS List".
>
>Typically, I do something similar to the following:
>
>1. Examine a list posting for a reference URL that will give me
>instructions regarding the correct procedure to post to the EOS list.
>
>2. I find the "List Instructions" URL provided at the bottom of every EOS
>posting and click! There is nothing on this page that informs me of the
>email address for new postings.
>
>3. OK, use the link to the "main page" provided at the bottom of the this
>page: now I end up at the WJM site main page which doesn't seem to help me.
>
>4. I then dig up my original subscription information (I retain copies of
>all my subscription email in a folder), and locate the "Welcome to
>eos-mail"
>email.
>
>5. I search the email for posting instructions, but cannot find any.
>
>6. I then go to the FAQ URL (http://members.home.net/jul.loke/faq.html), a
>URL that I have saved from previous searches - it was not in the
>subscription email that I received.
>
>7. I then browse the FAQ looking for posting instructions. Nothing
>obvious.
>The Table of Contents does not appear to list a relevant heading! I find
>headings such as "What Can I Post" and "What not to Post" but not "How to
>Post"! Neither searches nor lengthy browses turn up the magic instructions.
>
>Frustration has normally set in by this time, and I go on to do other
>things.
>
>However, sometimes I go on to search the older FAQ's. In one of these, the
>"Definitions" section informs me that I can post to the list using the
>address:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Why is this not in the latest FAQ? And, is it correct? Apparently not -- my
>attempt to use this URL generated a bounce message.
>
>Some of you may be thinking "How dumb, why didn't he just use the URL
>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" which is the "To:" address on every posting?"
>
>Simple! I do not know the list system. If this address is used in some list
>systems, everyone, including digest recipients and others, get sprayed with
>my email. I prefer to do the right thing and ensure that I use the correct
>address.
>
>Then, I happened to open one of my earlier subscription welcome emails
>titled "Welcome to EOS". It contained the words:
> Mail:
> All MAIL to the list should be sent to:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Maybe this means that to post to the list, I should use the above email
>address. It is not clear, but it is worth a try . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>. . .
>
>Oh no! Bounced again. Let's check. Correct email address? OK. Text format?
>OK. Baka deshoo, I have used a form of the word "s_u_b_s_c_r_i_b_e" in
>this
>message. Let's go!
>
>Bounced again! OK ------ Maybe I shouldn't include email address of the
>lail
>list in the message?!?!?! Let's insert underscores to eliminate that
>possibility.
>
>Bounced again! Hmmm. I have a number of ISP accounts (I travel, remember).
>Maybe it doesn't like different accounts - OK let me make my e-mail address
>and the reply address the same and send the email via the ISP with that
>email addy. Try again!
>
>To quote a well-known person "The desire to uderstand is sometimes far less
>intelligent than the inability to understand". Actually, I'm afraid that I
>have no desire to understand that quote (I suspect that it is a lossy
>translation - technical phrase!)
>
>Regards, from an apparently dumb old fart who believes that the use of
>technology should be simple and intuitive (it may very well possible, but
>human beings stuff it up?!)
>
Hi Chris!
What I'm using with good result is simply REPLY to a massage I got from
list. It works from my account that I'm signed in with and with my hotmail
account...
Good light
Grega
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