1. RE: Topica Unsubsribing
Al Getz wrote:
> I keep getting unsubscribed from Topica Eu's Forum, anyone
> have any idea why this is happening?
Hey Al,
I think Topica is technically on of the worst webservices I've
come across. It constantly removes my subscription to the list
and besides that it crashes it's own cookie at least onece every
day (and sometimes more) so that I have to enter my details to
login again and again and...... Oh, and how stupid is it that if
I'm on the Euforum list and I must login that I get returned to
the Topica homepage after login, instead of the Euforum list.
What I actually don't understand is that a company like RDS with
a community-driven product like Euphoria does not have it's own
forum. The possibilities of a forum are much bigger then a mailing
list and there are forums that you can read and post to through
e-mail.
Hans Peter Willems
2. RE: Topica Unsubsribing
I also had this problem some time ago until I set my "Login Options /
Start Page" to 'save password : yes' and 'start page : my topica' then
started accessing topica using topica.com instead of topica.com/my
hope that helps...
-- Brian
Peter Willems wrote:
>
>
> Al Getz wrote:
>
> > I keep getting unsubscribed from Topica Eu's Forum, anyone
> > have any idea why this is happening?
>
> Hey Al,
>
> I think Topica is technically on of the worst webservices I've
> come across. It constantly removes my subscription to the list
> and besides that it crashes it's own cookie at least onece every
> day (and sometimes more) so that I have to enter my details to
> login again and again and...... Oh, and how stupid is it that if
> I'm on the Euforum list and I must login that I get returned to
> the Topica homepage after login, instead of the Euforum list.
>
> What I actually don't understand is that a company like RDS with
> a community-driven product like Euphoria does not have it's own
> forum. The possibilities of a forum are much bigger then a mailing
> list and there are forums that you can read and post to through
> e-mail.
>
> Hans Peter Willems
>
3. RE: Topica Unsubsribing
Robert Craig wrote:
>
>
> Al Getz wrote:
> > I keep getting unsubscribed from Topica Eu's Forum, anyone
> > have any idea why this is happening?
>
> It could be a childish prank by someone who doesn't like you.
> It's very easy to fake the "from:" field in an e-mail.
> I pointed this out to Topica once, but they didn't think
> it was a common problem.
>
> With Sobig.F all over the net, it might also be
> a virus that has picked up your address and the
> EUforum unsubscribe address from an infected machine's
> address book, and is sending the virus to Topica.
>
> If it keeps happening I can try making you a co-owner
> of this list. I vaguely recall that owners can't
> be unsubscribed as easily as regular subscribers.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
>
>
Hello again Rob,
Thanks much, what a pain this is!
Today it's telling me i have 25001 unread messages here 
I know topica is funny sometimes.
Take care for now,
Al
4. RE: Topica Unsubsribing
jbrown105 at speedymail.org wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 06:52:41PM -0400, Robert Craig wrote:
> >
> >
> > Al Getz wrote:
> > >I keep getting unsubscribed from Topica Eu's Forum, anyone
> > >have any idea why this is happening?
> >
> > It could be a childish prank by someone who doesn't like you.
> > It's very easy to fake the "from:" field in an e-mail.
> > I pointed this out to Topica once, but they didn't think
> > it was a common problem.
>
> It might also be the Reply-To: field. Apparently if you set your
> Reply-To:
> field to a different address, Topica makes that into the From: address
> (since
> they mangle the Reply-To: ).
>
> >
> > With Sobig.F all over the net, it might also be
> > a virus that has picked up your address and the
> > EUforum unsubscribe address from an infected machine's
> > address book, and is sending the virus to Topica.
> >
>
> Hence my sig :)
>
> > If it keeps happening I can try making you a co-owner
> > of this list. I vaguely recall that owners can't
> > be unsubscribed as easily as regular subscribers.
>
> No they can't. A list owner has to use the web interface to remove
> oneself
> from ownership before being able to unsub.
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob Craig
> > Rapid Deployment Software
> > http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
> >
>
> jbrown
>
> >
> > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!
> >
> >
> --
> Outlook Users, please don't put my email address in your address book.
> That way,
> my email address won't appear in forged emails sent by email viruses.
> (Which are
> technically worms btw :P)
> --
> Linux User:190064
> Linux Machine:84163
>
>
Hello again,
I'll have to check that option and see what happens.
Thanks,
Al
5. RE: Topica Unsubsribing
Peter Willems wrote:
>
>
> Al Getz wrote:
>
> > I keep getting unsubscribed from Topica Eu's Forum, anyone
> > have any idea why this is happening?
>
> Hey Al,
>
> I think Topica is technically on of the worst webservices I've
> come across. It constantly removes my subscription to the list
> and besides that it crashes it's own cookie at least onece every
> day (and sometimes more) so that I have to enter my details to
> login again and again and...... Oh, and how stupid is it that if
> I'm on the Euforum list and I must login that I get returned to
> the Topica homepage after login, instead of the Euforum list.
>
> What I actually don't understand is that a company like RDS with
> a community-driven product like Euphoria does not have it's own
> forum. The possibilities of a forum are much bigger then a mailing
> list and there are forums that you can read and post to through
> e-mail.
>
> Hans Peter Willems
>
Hello there Peter,
Yes, Topica is very strange at times. Not sure why it is that
way really, except maybe because it's free.
There's no way to edit your messages either, which is a very
nice feature to have. Once it's posted it seems set in stone.
Take care for now,
Al
6. RE: Topica Unsubsribing
Brian Broker wrote:
>
>
> I also had this problem some time ago until I set my "Login Options /
> Start Page" to 'save password : yes' and 'start page : my topica' then
> started accessing topica using topica.com instead of topica.com/my
>
> hope that helps...
>
> -- Brian
>
> Peter Willems wrote:
> >
> >
> > Al Getz wrote:
> >
> > > I keep getting unsubscribed from Topica Eu's Forum, anyone
> > > have any idea why this is happening?
> >
> > Hey Al,
> >
> > I think Topica is technically on of the worst webservices I've
> > come across. It constantly removes my subscription to the list
> > and besides that it crashes it's own cookie at least onece every
> > day (and sometimes more) so that I have to enter my details to
> > login again and again and...... Oh, and how stupid is it that if
> > I'm on the Euforum list and I must login that I get returned to
> > the Topica homepage after login, instead of the Euforum list.
> >
> > What I actually don't understand is that a company like RDS with
> > a community-driven product like Euphoria does not have it's own
> > forum. The possibilities of a forum are much bigger then a mailing
> > list and there are forums that you can read and post to through
> > e-mail.
> >
> > Hans Peter Willems
> >
>
Hello Brian,
I think i do it that way now. After i log in i have to hit
'my topica' to get the selection of lists to visit.
Is that what you mean?
Take care for now,
Al
7. RE: Topica Unsubsribing
Yes, that's what I mean. When I was trying to access the forum using
topica.com/my it would forget who I was and I eventually figured out a
sequence of link-clicking before it remembered me without having to sign
in again. Now it at least remembers me even though I still occasionally
have to click 'my topica' to see the number of new posts (despite
setting 'start page' to 'my topica').
Topica sucks but I still prefer the web interface over emails.
-- Brian
Al Getz wrote:
>
>
> Brian Broker wrote:
> >
> >
> > I also had this problem some time ago until I set my "Login Options /
> > Start Page" to 'save password : yes' and 'start page : my topica' then
> > started accessing topica using topica.com instead of topica.com/my
> >
> > hope that helps...
> >
> > -- Brian
> >
> > Peter Willems wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Al Getz wrote:
> > >
> > > > I keep getting unsubscribed from Topica Eu's Forum, anyone
> > > > have any idea why this is happening?
> > >
> > > Hey Al,
> > >
> > > I think Topica is technically on of the worst webservices I've
> > > come across. It constantly removes my subscription to the list
> > > and besides that it crashes it's own cookie at least onece every
> > > day (and sometimes more) so that I have to enter my details to
> > > login again and again and...... Oh, and how stupid is it that if
> > > I'm on the Euforum list and I must login that I get returned to
> > > the Topica homepage after login, instead of the Euforum list.
> > >
> > > What I actually don't understand is that a company like RDS with
> > > a community-driven product like Euphoria does not have it's own
> > > forum. The possibilities of a forum are much bigger then a mailing
> > > list and there are forums that you can read and post to through
> > > e-mail.
> > >
> > > Hans Peter Willems
> > >
> >
> Hello Brian,
>
> I think i do it that way now. After i log in i have to hit
> 'my topica' to get the selection of lists to visit.
> Is that what you mean?
>
> Take care for now,
> Al
>
