Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:08:38 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Is G-mail arguing with Gerry again?
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Thanks Greg, now we're learning something.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:07 PM, GMac999 <gmac999@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jake,
>
> I'm getting the same thing with Comcast mail. It comes in spurts,
> then none
> for 12-24 hours then a bunch. I don't think it's gmail related.
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Jake de Villiers
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:50 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Is G-mail arguing with Gerry again?
>
> We ask the List so we can know whether Gerry's had another serious
> attack of
> the collywobbles or its just the Gerry/Gmail conflict rearing its
> ugly head
> again.
>
> If you don't care, read the subject line and hit 'Delete'. If you're
> worried about your connection, click and read.
>
> You can't please all of the people all of the time.
>
> Oh, and Happy Easter one and all! :)
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:11 PM, miguel pacheco
> <mundopacheco@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > At the risk of getting spanked, I have to say.......Mike, I've
> blamed
> > you for writing creatively, in the past, and I blame you again.
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Mike Elliott
> > <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm now of a mind to agree with Bill on this one. Gerry and gmail
>
> > > sometimes get into arguments which affect some select group of
> > > subscribers w/o affecting others. "Rolling blackouts," as it
> were.
> > > There's no rhyme or reason, no explanation. I offer the
> suggestion
> > > that were these blackouts properly transformed and mapped, we
> might
> > > see something wonderful not unlike those mysterious tears that
> > > appear to fall from the eyes of certain icons during religious
> > > holidays. But until that sublimely ineffable moment when All Is
> > > Revealed, I hereby elect to simply accept the black outs just as
> a
> > > simple cow accepts the rain that sometimes falls on her back --
> and
> > > keep my yap shut about it. I invite my gmail brethren and
> sisthren to do
> likewise.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > > KG6RCR
> > >
> > > On 3/21/2008 12:30 PM Bill Glenn wrote:
> > >
> > > > This topic seems to come up with some regularity. No doubt
> there
> > > > is
> > > some
> > > > kind of problem from time to time, but talking about it here
> > > > serves no purpose since the cause is unknown, consequently so
> are
> > > > possible
> > > solutions.
> > > >
> > > > I too use g-mail, but it doesn't really matter to me when I
> > > > receive
> > the
> > > > postings from Gerry because I'm not going to monitor my e-mail
> on
> > > > an
> > > hourly
> > > > basis, nor am I going to read the postings in a timely fashion
> as
> > > > they
> > > come
> > > > in; I have other things to do, and I read the postings later,
> as
> > > > time permits.
> > > >
> > > > For those of you who seem to go through withdrawals when your
> > > > Gerry
> > fix
> > > > fails to be delivered when you think it should, it's a simple
> > > > matter
> > to
> > > go
> > > > straight to the archives(
> > http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html
> > > ),
> > > > and click on the current week to see if what's there is
> > > > more-recent
> > than
> > > > what you have received; you will then know if your Gerry
> traffic
> > > > is
> > > being
> > > > delayed or lost.
> > > >
> > > > In view of that alternative, discussion here is of negligable
> > > > benefit
> > to
> > > G-
> > > > mail users, and certainly of no benefit at all to the majority
> of
> > > > the thousand-member Vanagon list.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gracias,
> > Miguel
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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