[at-l] Help with common list problems (can't post, can't see this email) ADMIN

[David Addleton]

we love you Ryan . . . . THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO


On 2/9/07, Ryan Brooks <ryan at hack.net> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
>     Lately I have been getting more people with two common problems with
> the lists:
>
> 1) Can't post.  Never see my posts.
>
> 2) Never get any email from the list.
>
> ---
>
> For #1, there are only a few possibilities: (in order of probability)
>
> - You're trying to post with a (even slightly) different email address
> than the one you subscribed with.  Maybe your ISP or Uni. has a
> different incoming address for you, or maybe you've signed up for a
> number of different accounts.   In any case, you absolutely must post to
> the lists with your subscribed address.  Nothing else gets through.
> That's why there's no spam on the lists.   Only exception to this rule
> is pocketmail users- they can always post.
>
> - You're sending junk attachments (outlook users?) .
>
> - You've set the mailman software to not send you your own posts.  Log
> in to mailman and change it.
>
> #2 -
>
> - Your email program or host is tossing the backcountry.net list traffic
> into a spam folder.  Check it out.
>
> - Your provider has blocked backcountry.net completely; as a spammer.
> This is due to people marking the list posts as spam instead of simply
> unsubscribing.   This most often happens with aol and worldnet, and it's
> a multi-day pain affair for me to fix it.  So, if you're not getting
> posts, and they're not in your spam filter, call your ISP.
>
> HTHs,
>
> Ryan
>
>
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