More Questions? Suggestions?
(Topic: Suggestion Box) Got more questions? Got a suggestion? Click on the comment link on any entry and tell me, if I know or can find the answer or info, I'll add it to this site. -- texas critter... continue readingPosted on December 25, 2004
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Yahoo removing bouncing members after six months
(Topic: Bouncing Email) Yahoo is now removing bouncing members who have been bouncing for more than six months (well, that's what they say, but nothing's perfect so you may still find members who've bouncing for longer than six months that haven't been removed).... continue readingPosted on August 14, 2004
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Don't use Internet Explorer!
(Topic: Viruses, Worms & More) I don't normally make blanket statements like that, I'd rather have a choice and I like to let other people make their own choices too. But it just keeps getting worse and worse with IE, more and more criminals (hackers,... continue readingPosted on June 25, 2004
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How to post without flaming or upsetting others
(Topic: Guidelines for List Members) Avoiding personal conflict on mailing lists is a great article about what starts flame wars and how to post without touching one off.... continue readingPosted on June 08, 2004
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Two Guides about Writing Email
(Topic: Guidelines for List Members) Even tho it's a bit long, this is a very good guide for anyone new to email or to mailing lists, A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email. It's public domain so you can take what you like from it, adapt... continue readingPosted on June 08, 2004
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Need to email a pending member but don't know if they're a spammer?
(Topic: Restricting Membership) Ever had a pending member who looked doubtful? Might be a spammer but might just be someone whose first language is not English? Use SpamGourmet to contact them. You create a new address that forwards to your real address and... continue readingPosted on June 05, 2004
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Comparison of free list services other than Yahoogroups
(Topic: List Services) Smartgroups is a YGs work-a-like, very similar features, pickier over content, smaller attachments, and Scandium is a somewhat quirky list server. Probably 1/10th the size of YGs, so a much smaller pool of potential members. Support is friendly, if not... continue readingPosted on June 03, 2004
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Reporting abuse to Yahoogroups
(Topic: Yahoogroups) If you've got a spammer using a Yahoo ID and Yahoo email address, you can report them to Yahoogroups. The form is a bit outdated, you'll need to select "clubs" as they've never added groups to the list. If you've... continue readingPosted on June 03, 2004
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Protect your list by creating a backup owner
(Topic: Owners and Moderators) On Yahoogroups, you can now have co-owners as well as moderators. If you go to your member list, click on Edit for any list member that has a Yahoo ID linked to their membership, you'll see these two options: [... continue readingPosted on June 02, 2004
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I didn't approve that message, how did it get approved?
(Topic: Moderating Posts) Q. A pending message got approved but I (and any other list owners or moderators) didn't approve it. It shows in the message headers and in the management logs that I did but I swear I didn't! How did this... continue readingPosted on March 27, 2004
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What is bouncing? (aka Help! A list member stopped receiving list mail!)
(Topic: Bouncing Email) Q. What the heck is bouncing? A. It's the email equivalent of a telephone busy signal (soft bounce) or a "this number has been disconnected" message (hard bounce) for a telephone number. Soft bounces (busy signal) happen when the recipient's... continue readingPosted on March 27, 2004
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How to turn OFF SpamGuard
(Topic: Yahoogroups) The number one question today is "How to turn off SpamGuard"! Here's detailed instructions: Go to the home page of each Yahoogroup you own. Click the "Management" link (in the left-side navigation hyperlinks). Under "Group Settings", click on "Messages". In... continue readingPosted on February 05, 2004
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Downloading Message Archives
(Topic: Yahoogroups) Backstreet Downloader is an offline browser for downloading any website or part of a website to your computer. You can choose to download as html pages (lots of disk space) or as compressed .zip files. You will have to set... continue readingPosted on January 03, 2004
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Letting your members talk freely...or not
(Topic: Moderating Posts) A cautionary tale about bad things that happened to a good mailing list: Salon.com article A list member talked about bad service from a company (relevant to the list's topic), when word got back to the company in question, rather... continue readingPosted on January 03, 2004
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Transferring a Yahoogroup to Mailman or Smartgroups
(Topic: Yahoogroups) If you're moving a list from Yahoogroups to Mailman, here's a nifty Perl script that will retrieve the group message archives and save them in the Mailman mbox format which can then be uploaded to Mailman. Yahoo2mBox You'll need to... continue readingPosted on January 03, 2004
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Why isn't my member list up to date?
(Topic: Yahoogroups) Q: I know that people have joined my group but they're not showing up in my member list! And there's people who have unsubbed and they're still in my member list! What's going on? A: If your group has over... continue readingPosted on December 28, 2003
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Bounce codes for Excite
(Topic: Bouncing Email) If you have Excite users on your lists, this page from Excite has explanations about their bounce codes, a short summary at the top and more details for each code below that.... continue readingPosted on December 26, 2003
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Delete Many Messages in your Groups Archive
(Topic: Yahoogroups) Gordon S. created this script and Paul hosts it on his site: Delete Messages in a Yahoogroup's Message Archive It opens a framed view of Yahoogroups, you sign in on the bottom part, find your group and then use the... continue readingPosted on December 26, 2003
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Lists for Smartgroups owners
(Topic: Smartgroups) Smartgroups Support Manager support people respond to questions on this list List Managers for owners of Smartgroups lists SG-Announce for alerts and announcements about the SmartGroups service... continue readingPosted on December 26, 2003
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Create a backup Owner address
(Topic: Owners and Moderators) I urge all listowners to please to establish a second email address for the groups you own/moderate. However you wish to do this, such as using Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail, or any web-based server that offers free email addresses, it... continue readingPosted on December 26, 2003
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