[ebooktalk] Re: Not getting a lot of group messages.

  • From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:28:31 +0100

Sorry David, I only really know of yahoo and google. Have we tried both of 
those?  I can't remember now.
Other wize, it's just worth remembering that people may not have got a message 
if they don't reply here as we probably don't have as many places to go to as 
sighted people, due to the difficulty of setting a list up.
Shell.


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From: "David Russelll" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 9:48 AM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Not getting a lot of group messages.

> Hi all
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> This is becoming a serious problem.  If anyone knows a better list provider
> we might well consider moving.
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> In the meantime, if you think there may be something wrong with your list
> subscription, you can resubscribe as follows.
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> 1.        Go to 
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> www.freelists.org
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> 2.        Find the heading domestic technology
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> 3.        Our list, ebooktalk is quite near the top so press enter
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> 4.        Now you need to look for a box with various options such as
> subscribe, vacation and other items.
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> 5.        Choose subscribe.
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> 6.        Shift tab to go back one and put in your email address.
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> 7.        Then tab twice and press enter.
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> Youu may well get a request to reply to an email, and you should then be
> okay.
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> I have no idea why it is happening, and cannot find a way to fix it.
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> David
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> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 21 October 2013 09:36
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Not getting a lot of group messages.
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> Hi shell,I think a number of us are experiencing the same difficulty.  I've
> definitely missed out on a couple of books which I've subsequently seen
> discussed and have had to ask for them from the original sender.  
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> On 21 Oct 2013, at 07:42, Shell wrote:
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> Hi, recently I can see that I am not getting a lot of group messages as
> sometimes I get a message and read down the replies and non of those
> messages has arrived in my mail. I must be still on the list as some
> messages are getting through. So, just in case I have failed to reply to
> something, it's probably because I didn't get the message and am not
> deliberately ignoring anyone.
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> Shell.
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> From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:55 AM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FOLLOW UP ON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
> 
>> I haven't read the Kevin Powers book yet, Ian, but I'd saved it in my
> books 
>> folder.  Thanks for reminding me about it.  It had slipped my mind.
>> Trish.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:58 AM
>> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FOLLOW UP ON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
>> 
>> 
>> Some time ago we discussed Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and I wondered 
>> whether anyone had given it a try?  If so, what did you think?
>> On 19 Oct 2013, at 02:24, Elaine Harris (Rivendell) wrote:
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>>> Ian, I have read heaps either prompted, recommended and/or supplied by 
>>> this
>>> wonderful list but have always followed up book recommendations from
>>> friends; some work for me, some do not - as with us all. globe.
>>>
>>> Books supplied by Trish, Clare, Shell and others, with many, many more
>>> waiting in the wings.
>>>
>>> Among them are two by L. M. Montgomery; many Rumer Godden and Noel
>>> Streatfield after being discussed soon after I joined. "Tiny Sunbirds,
> Far
>>> away", "The Cuckoo's Calling", Some of the Cousins War series by Philippa
>>> Gregory, "To Serve Them All My Days", "Land Girls", to name but some. 
>>> Other
>>> such as "We Need to Talk About Kevin", "Wolf Hall", works by Peter 
>>> Robinson,
>>> Peter James and Mark Billingham, and "Year of Wonders" I had read before
> I
>>> joined the list.
>>>
>>> My book diary lists "Forever" by Pete Hamill from last year; could that
> be
>>> the same book? I loved it.
>>>
>>> So yes, many books listed and some read and, like others, notes often
> made
>>> for future reading.
>>>
>>> What a gift to a bookworm.
>>>
>>> Elaine
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>> [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
>>> Sent: Saturday, 19 October 2013 12:17 AM
>>> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [ebooktalk] FOLLOW UP ON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
>>>
>>> This message is also by way of a test as I've been getting sporadic 
>>> service
>>> from this list both in terms of receiving and being able to send
> messages.
>>> But here's what kicked off my train of thought.  Before going on holiday
> I
>>> asked for recommendations for a good long book to read.  shell not only
>>> recommended one, she sent it to me.  It's Mary, a novelised account of
> the
>>> wife of Abraham Lincoln.  Because just after that the David Peace book
>>> became available to me, I didn't take the book with me.  But I'm about to
>>> start it now.  This lead me to wonder whether anyone had acted on
>>> recommendations from the list and had either good or bad experiences.
> Did
>>> anyone ever read Evermore by Peter Hamil?  I wonder whether Clare or 
>>> anyone
>>> else picked up Delores clayborne?  And are there any other examples of
>>> recommendations?  I'll report back on the book I'm about to start.
>>> Provided, that is, the list will allow me to do so.
>>>
>>>
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