Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:00:49 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@ICLOUD.COM>
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From: Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject: Re: rejected posting
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I’ll try some things, but…
List server built back in the day…. I think it’s time for confab on future
Ab
> On Aug 25, 2023, at 17:49, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com> wrote:
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> Alistair I also use iCloud on my iPhone and find it to be pretty good. I forgot what device you are using now. Maybe there’s a way to make it better.
>
> In the old days being a moderator was about keeping people from offending each other and now it’s about generating content :)
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 25, 2023, at 1:32 PM, Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com> wrote:
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>> Me too. On the mobile devices I use the list has become almost useless.
>>
>> And next year will be my 30 year anniversary of being on the list….
>>
>> Ab
>>
>>>> On Aug 25, 2023, at 09:30, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com> wrote:
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>>> There was some discussion about moving the list over to that IO platform (forget who hosts it) but there didn’t seem to be much interest in signing up. Agreed that at some point the end sadly seems inevitable.
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>>> On Aug 24, 2023, at 5:48 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>>> Me too. I keep trying to "train" it by clicking "Not Spam". But no luck.
>>>> Personally, I think it requires a whole new hardware setup; modern computer; fast Internet. With so few of us left, I don't think this is going to happen. Sadly.
>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 03:31:37 PM PDT, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> When I find an email in the Spam folder that I want to keep, I put a check mark and click on option "This is not Spam" and then later on any email from that sender goes straight to the Inbox.
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 2:51 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, it's gotten so bad that I no longer look for Vanagon postings in my email, I go straight to SPAM, and they are all there!
>>>> Hmmm...if you get this....notice that I deleted "RE:" on the Subject Line. I just do this to clean up emails to The List.
>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 08:00:27 AM PDT, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wow! Just wow! I got a very long (several paragraphs) "rejected posting"
>>>> statement from "Gerry." The jist of the message was that my posting
>>>> "sounded like a list serve command, rather than a posting intended for the
>>>> readership." What was my offense? I wrote, "OK, thank you," to Ben T for
>>>> an explanation he posted. That was my entire message. Wow, just wow!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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