well, this last message came through, harrison. i'm assembling a number of instances from the archives that i know that messages showed up there in the archives and didn't get out, at least didn't reach me... i have lisa heft, christine koehler, anne hiha so far. if you have a specific instance you cna point me to, i'll put it in my note to bsu. they've got the lsoft people (software vendor) looking into now. m
-- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.ronanparktrail.com http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org http://www.openspaceworld.org 312-280-7838 (mobile) On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > Michael – you can add me to the list. There doesn’t seem to be any > rational – but whoever said that computers were rational??? > > > > ho > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > *From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *Michael > Herman > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:18 PM > *To:* osl...@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.* > > * * ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist