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not getting emails from the list?

 [1/4] from: slok00::yahoo::com at: 7-Mar-2002 13:56


This is weird. I just found that I have not been getting any emails from the mailing list since March 2. What could be the problem? I have not make any changes to my email address? YekSoon

 [2/4] from: brett:codeconscious at: 7-Mar-2002 18:15


Possibly this is because Holger is having to authorise your post individually (I noticed that he has authorised your post that I am replying to). Check out Holger's message that explains this - "Admin issues: spam" - you should be able to find it at escribe. Brett.

 [3/4] from: al:bri:xtra at: 7-Mar-2002 21:09


YekSoon wrote:
> This is weird. I just found that I have not been getting any emails from
the mailing list since March 2. What could be the problem? I have not make any changes to my email address? According to your email headers: X-Sender: [slok00--pop--mail--yahoo--com] From: Lok Yek Soon <[slok00--yahoo--com]> X-Approved-By: [holger--rebol--net] It looks like your subscribed address differs from your sending address. So you need to do something about it. I'd suggest that you what Holger suggested, which follows after my .sig. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/ -><- A few notes on spam prevention on this mailing list, because of some recent events: The REBOL mailing list uses "closed posting", i.e. only members can post. This keeps out most of the spam, and means we do not have to run additional content-based spam filters on our mail server. The drawback is that if you subscribed with a different email address than the address you are posting from, your mail is not automatically sent to the list. It rather goes to the administrator (me), and has to be approved manually. I don't mind approving mail that way :-), but it causes your postings to be delayed, usually by a few hours, but in some cases by up to several days. If you want to avoid that then here is how to do it: If you recently posted to the list, look for the echoed mail from you in your mailbox, and check if it has an "Approved-By:" header line. Most email clients have a mode of operation in which you can examine email headers. If you do find such a header, then this indicates that the email address you are subscribed with is different from the email you posted from (as indicated in the "From:" header line). In that case there are two things you can do: either change your list subscription (unsubscribe with the old address, subscribe with the new address), or configure your email client in such a way that for any mail sent to the list the "From:" address is changed to your subscription address.

 [4/4] from: hallvard:ystad:helpinhand at: 7-Mar-2002 9:47


You've probably been unsubscribed (that could explain your e-mail being approved by Holger as well). Happened to me once, I sent a request to the rebol-list address (don't remember the syntax, it's a keyword to put in the subject field), and it replied to me I was unsubscribed. But it sure wasn't me unsubscribing me, though... I re-subscribed, and things have worked nicely since. But weird things do happen here. A number of us keep complaining there are great delays before the messages arrive... So check if you're still subscribed! ~H PS. Did you receive your own message, or Brett's reply to it? Or anything at all after you sent your own message? Dixit Lok Yek Soon (06.56 07.03.2002):