[access-uk] Re: unwanted e-mail
- From: "carol pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 17:52:46 +0100
I got the Authentication Code and know I got mine accepted but remember the
screen now. I know I thought it was an awful lot of fuss just to alter
one's settings.
--
Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrisondf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:43 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: unwanted e-mail
> 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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