sounds reasonable and do-able to me.
Thanks for all your efforts.
Christine
David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
The problem is getting worse, not better. This mailing list has been
running since 1996, and while the conversation has not always been
constant, we've tried to keep it on target: meaning, about Virgil. I
don't think we can do that anymore without changing systems.
I've been thinking about moving the list to Google Groups for a couple
months. This will help with a couple of problems:
1. It should eliminate the silly commercials. No doubt Google will add
some kind of advertising to our messages, but since they're not
charging for the service, I think we can live with that.
2. For the better part of a year, someone has been using the
subscription system to place ads. In response, I changed the
subscription system so that it was no longer automatic. Hopefully that
was transparent to all or most of you, but on my end it generates a
LOT of junk mail, which I can't filter automatically because some of
it is legitimate. Moving to Google Groups will solve this problem too.
One thing that won't change is the address: you will still be able to
send messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What will change?
To start, everyone who is now subscribed will receive an email from
Google, inviting them to join the Mantovano discussion list. The
process is slightly more complicated than what we have now, in that
you will need to create a password and verify your humanity. Yes, you
read that last part right: in order to stop spam robots, Google
requires its subscribers to look at a picture of some random text and
type in what they see. If you're blind, there's a way to work around
that, so don't let that stop you.
I wish it could be simpler. For many, it will seem more trouble than
it's worth, and I have no doubt we are going to lose, in the next week
or so, a big chunk of our subscriber base (currently around 800).
Well, as Lucy van Pelt says, it's no use crying over sludged milk. If
you have trouble, or just have questions, please email me personally
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Once we're under way, I'll start us off with a new topic. See you on
the other side...
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East Carolina University Sparsa et neglecta coegi. -- Claude Fauchet
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