1. RE: Topica listserve
>===== Original Message From euman at bellsouth.net =====
>I find it hard to believe that I did not get one post today from the
listserve.
>
>Maybe someone is up to the same old trick of unsubscribing people or,
>they figured out how to block messages....
>
>I pledge to find the person/s responsible if this is the case.
>
>Damn, topica sucks! Constant downtime, bad message dispersment, etc.
>
>Robert what were you thinking?
>
>Euman
>euman at bellsouth.net
Euman,
If the administrator of the Topica list chooses to unsubscribe you then you
may or may not get an email notification of that action.
If someone is forging a mail header to pretend it is from you to get you
automatically unsubscribed from the list then you _will_ get a notification
that you unsubscribed.
If you were unsubscribed (by either method) you would have to resubscribe. If
you try and resubscribe when you are already subscribed I think Topica tells
you so (not sure about that one though).
Did you have to resubscibe?
Internet email is sent on a "best effort" basis. Normally it's very good - a
few seconds sometimes. However if intermediate mail servers (including the
one your ISP uses) have problems with connectivity then mail can get "stuck"
in the system for hours or even days at a time. Thankfully this happens
rarely but it does happen. This explains why emails to the topica list
sometimes arrive "out of thread sequence" - you just have to get used to it.
If an email server crashes and the administrators of it aren't particulary
good at planning for such an event then large numbers of emails can simply be
lost for good with no notification to anyone of the loss.
If you think someone is messing with your email and/or Topica subscription
then open a free web based email account, subscribe to Topica with it and then
if you think your messages are being blocked look on your web based email
account and see if that account got it. It's a bit overkill but it would put
your mind at rest.
Also if you have the option of trying a different ISP on a trial basis then
give it a go. That would help determine if your current ISP has flaky email
services.
I hope some of these suggestions are of help to you (or anyone else on the
list for that matter).
Regards,
FP.
2. RE: Topica listserve
euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> Robert what were you thinking?
AFAIK, it was chris bensler's idea. i'm guessing neither robert nor
chris looked into topica that much...i did a search on "topica sucks"
and turned up a whooooole lotta posts
3. RE: Topica listserve
On 10 Oct 2001, at 17:02, sephiroth _ wrote:
>
> euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > Robert what were you thinking?
>
> AFAIK, it was chris bensler's idea. i'm guessing neither robert nor
> chris looked into topica that much...i did a search on "topica sucks"
> and turned up a whooooole lotta posts
I suggested the list be hosted on a puter running the list as an Eu
application, along with the RDS webpages.
Kat
