[access-uk] Re: unwanted e-mail
- From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrisondf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 17:43:56 +0100
Carol,
On a somewhat related aspect, I attempted earlier today to post a message to
the list
(copied below) but it appears to have been intercepted by free lists who sent
it back
with what was to me a somewhat incomprehensible comment.
Here is the message anyway. Hope it gets through this time!
"As several lists to which I subscribe have recently moved to Freelists I
decided to see whether I could manage them from the web site as I have
always done with Yahoo, Topica, and Smartgroups. I discovered that when
you attempt to log in for the first time you are sent an e-mail with an
authentication code which has to be pasted into a box on the screen after
which (in theory) you can set up a password etc. The e-mail also contains
a link which will enable the authentication to be carried out even more
simply!!
After six attempts, each of which at the authentication stage produced a
message that my request could not be processed because of an error, I
have given up. They helpfully suggested that if problems are encountered a
report should be sent to "Blackhole@xxxxxxxxxxxxx". Although not a
cosmologist, I thought that the address was not very encouraging, and sure
enough my reports have vanished.
I just wondered whether anyone else has tried the above, and if
so, with what result."
Douglas
On 29 May 2004 at 15:58, carol pearson wrote:
> Could I also suggest that, for some of the "more "technically challenged",
> that HELP file is about as helpful as a sleeping dog! It uses technical
> language which will be foreign to some and a real "put-off". Come on, a
> post with clear instructions (including the actual lines you need to type)
> will help everyone! They always used to appear on the bottom of emails
> and it's a pity in some ways that this isn't still the case.
>
>
> --
> Carol
>
--
Douglas Harrison
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