Monday, September 24, 2007

E-mail Frustrations

For the last week, I have been fighting a battle with my e-mail. I belong to a lot of lists - 52 at last count - 48 of which are accessed through yahoo groups. I have them set so they go to my regular e-mail account. And I've been receiving them with no problem.

The problem is when I try to reply. Whether I'm using my Outlook program or Web mail, I get nothing but "cannot deliver/timed out" error messages. The only way I can reply to the groups is if I'm actually in the Yahoo groups page - and that's a pain. It forces me to go to each group separately to reply rather than take care of everything at once through my e-mail. I don't have time for all that, so my voice has been silent of late.

I'm frustrated because nobody can figure out what's wrong - everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else - and because it looks like I'm going to have to do things the hard way after all. If anyone out there reads this and has a clue, please leave a comment. I'm really getting tired of the hassles.

Thank you!
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Progress - 9 pages over the weekend on WIP, pitch ready to go for conference, review book finished and review written and sent
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Birthdays: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Horace Walpole, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Wilson Rawls, John Brunner

Tips and Teasers: Homonyms are difficult for most people. There/their – There is a place; ‘their’ refers to people. Then/than – although technically not a homonym, many people pronounce these words the same way. ‘Then’ refers to time – we’ll do this, then do that. ‘Than’ refers to choice – I’d rather choose this than that. Check you work for sound alike words. Spell check will not catch these. You have to do it through reading.

Thought for the day: "It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself." - Muhammad Ali

1 comment:

Mark said...

Yes, Yahoo Groups is full of frustrations. You might want to try Grouply (www.grouply.com). Grouply provides a better interface to your existing Yahoo Groups. You can access all your groups from one website, and each day you receive a single "smart digest" email that covers all your groups, highlighting what's interesting to you and hiding what's not. This is particularly useful for folks like yourself who have lots of groups. If you like Grouply, please tell your groups about it. The more people who are on Grouply, the better it gets!