Re: ADMIN : Problems with Yahoo

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 15/01/2008 12:26:49 GMT Standard Time,

beithowen@... writes:

> , those of us who moderate Yahoogroups ourselves (much smaller

ones than this one)

Myself included

> know how much puzzlement and frustration is involved

behind the scenes. So I heartily second 's appreciation.

Ditto.

Yahoo is pretty poor stuff, but is better than others I have tried with my

group (Domeus, SmartGroups, ...).

It is interesting that apparently similar Yahoo groups - e.g. this one,

patent translators, the one I moderate - display posts differently on the same

computer (this one) and the same email client (this one). This applies first

and foremost to quoted posts, where spaces between the quoted bits and new

texts vary widely between groups; ditto the marginal mark showing the quoted

text.

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much, !

Re: ADMIN : Problems with Yahoo

> ----- Original Message -----

>

>

> > Really, there's a problem, as this ADMIN message didn't pass through

:-))

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: cgtradmed

>

> > Dear all,

> > At first, let me wish you all a fantastic Year 2008 !!

> > About Yahoo :

> > 1) I have used the tip given by la Szondy - tip that I knew - and

> > cancelled the Yahoo's spam filter. We'll see what will happen. But let

me

> > tell you that if this means that I'll have dozens of messages to filter

> > per week, I'll reactivate the spam filter immediately. Just let's try

it.

> > Also, if you receive more spams than ever in your own mail-boxes (I

don't

> > mean 1 ou 3 more than usual), please be so kind to let me know, and I'll

> > go back to the filter.

> > 2) Yahoos has inaugurated this new year with new big problems :

> > I don't receive in my mail-box all messages to be moderated, even when I

> > receive them and approve them straightly from the e-mail, they still

> > appear on the site as not moderated, and even if moderated from the

Yahoo

> > site, they persist some days on the page as not agreed; the same with

the

> > applications for approval of new candidates : I'm sure that these days

> > I've approved at least 3 times each new candidate, with an effect taken

> > into account by Yahoo with a delay of at least 5 days !

> >

> > So, please, understand that I'm really sorry if the list doesn't work as

> > fluently as usual, but I try to do my best.

> > Have a nice day.

> > Guilliaumet - France

> > Moderator

>

>

> Well, at least be reassured that we appreciate your efforts. I wish I knew

a

> better alternative to Yahoo, but lists I belong to though Google Groups

have

> their own problems.

>

>

> Burns

>

>

>

>

>

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>

> In case of any problem with this list, you can reach the moderator at

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[Guest guest]

, those of us who moderate Yahoogroups ourseleves (much smaller

ones than this one) know how much puzzlement and frustration is involved

behind the scenes. So I heartily second 's appreciation.

It's very important that anyone who doesn't understand why their e-mails

appear to be treated in a discriminatory way understands that there are

problems in the way Yahoogroups works that have nothing to do with the

moderator. If your message doesn't turn up e-mail your group's moderator

direct (and just hope that your moderator's ISP hasn't just followed

Yahoogroups in identifying your ISP as a source of spam). If you can't get

through to the moderator try sending a message indirectly via a third party

whose e-mails don't seem to experience problems.

And as if we do get a load of spam that's the price we have to

pay for the experiment. If there's too much spam then the solution isn't

viable, but it's certainly worth trying in order to see if life can be made

easier for anyone who's currently being excluded.

Owen

At 08:50 15/01/2008 -0400, you wrote:

>

>----- Original Message -----

>

>

>> Really, there's a problem, as this ADMIN message didn't pass through :-))

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: cgtradmed

>

>> Dear all,

>> At first, let me wish you all a fantastic Year 2008 !!

>> About Yahoo :

>> 1) I have used the tip given by la Szondy - tip that I knew - and

>> cancelled the Yahoo's spam filter. We'll see what will happen. But let me

>> tell you that if this means that I'll have dozens of messages to filter

>> per week, I'll reactivate the spam filter immediately. Just let's try it.

>> Also, if you receive more spams than ever in your own mail-boxes (I don't

>> mean 1 ou 3 more than usual), please be so kind to let me know, and I'll

>> go back to the filter.

>> 2) Yahoos has inaugurated this new year with new big problems :

>> I don't receive in my mail-box all messages to be moderated, even when I

>> receive them and approve them straightly from the e-mail, they still

>> appear on the site as not moderated, and even if moderated from the Yahoo

>> site, they persist some days on the page as not agreed; the same with the

>> applications for approval of new candidates : I'm sure that these days

>> I've approved at least 3 times each new candidate, with an effect taken

>> into account by Yahoo with a delay of at least 5 days !

>>

>> So, please, understand that I'm really sorry if the list doesn't work as

>> fluently as usual, but I try to do my best.

>> Have a nice day.

>> Guilliaumet - France

>> Moderator

>

>

>Well, at least be reassured that we appreciate your efforts. I wish I knew a

>better alternative to Yahoo, but lists I belong to though Google Groups have

>their own problems.

>

>

> Burns

>

>

>

>

>

>URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medical_translation

>

>In case of any problem with this list, you can reach the moderator at

cgtradmed@....

>The FAQs of our list are available at :

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medical_translation/files/M_T-FAQS.doc

>

>To unsubscribe, please send an *empty* message to

>medical_translation-UNSUBSCRIBE

>

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

> Really, there's a problem, as this ADMIN message didn't pass through :-))

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: cgtradmed

> Dear all,

> At first, let me wish you all a fantastic Year 2008 !!

> About Yahoo :

> 1) I have used the tip given by la Szondy - tip that I knew - and

> cancelled the Yahoo's spam filter. We'll see what will happen. But let me

> tell you that if this means that I'll have dozens of messages to filter

> per week, I'll reactivate the spam filter immediately. Just let's try it.

> Also, if you receive more spams than ever in your own mail-boxes (I don't

> mean 1 ou 3 more than usual), please be so kind to let me know, and I'll

> go back to the filter.

> 2) Yahoos has inaugurated this new year with new big problems :

> I don't receive in my mail-box all messages to be moderated, even when I

> receive them and approve them straightly from the e-mail, they still

> appear on the site as not moderated, and even if moderated from the Yahoo

> site, they persist some days on the page as not agreed; the same with the

> applications for approval of new candidates : I'm sure that these days

> I've approved at least 3 times each new candidate, with an effect taken

> into account by Yahoo with a delay of at least 5 days !

>

> So, please, understand that I'm really sorry if the list doesn't work as

> fluently as usual, but I try to do my best.

> Have a nice day.

> Guilliaumet - France

> Moderator

Well, at least be reassured that we appreciate your efforts. I wish I knew a

better alternative to Yahoo, but lists I belong to though Google Groups have

their own problems.

Burns

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

First of all, my very best wishes for 2008!

Being a site administrator is indeed a thankless task (I know from

what my husband tells me of the forum he administrates.) Some people

do not understand that one is not 24 hours per day in front of the

screen!

It seems there are bugs in the Yahoo groups system that are unlikely

to be ironed out easily. Personally, I have never had any problem

with my own messages getting through, but perhaps that is because I

have a Yahoo email address. I don't know.

Anyway, I am sure you are doing the best you can, when you can. So

thanks to you for your time and effort!

I would also like to inform the members who occasionally post

questions on Proz that I have now left the site definitively.

Best regards

Sue