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. -------------------------------------------------- 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 > > > > This is becoming a serious problem. If anyone knows a better list provider > we might well consider moving. > > > > In the meantime, if you think there may be something wrong with your list > subscription, you can resubscribe as follows. > > > > 1. Go to > > www.freelists.org > > > > > > 2. Find the heading domestic technology > > 3. Our list, ebooktalk is quite near the top so press enter > > > > 4. Now you need to look for a box with various options such as > subscribe, vacation and other items. > > > > 5. Choose subscribe. > > > > 6. Shift tab to go back one and put in your email address. > > > > 7. Then tab twice and press enter. > > > > > > Youu may well get a request to reply to an email, and you should then be > okay. > > > > > > I have no idea why it is happening, and cannot find a way to fix it. > > > > > > David > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > On 21 Oct 2013, at 07:42, Shell wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > Shell. > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 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: >> >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > >