I'm sorry, I haven't been following this thread as closely as I might have. Both my wife and I have multiple email addresses. In my case I have three:
I have 10 email addresses and I have no problems using any of them for exactly what I want it for. And... previous to my weird problem with constantly being unsubscribed from Lit-Ideas (on three different popmail servers), gmail served its purpose -- that is, I used it to foward email from work to home and I used it when I was on the road as an easy, accessible solution for those hotels where using my regular email was a problem. For some reason, my gmail account is the ONLY account of my many ones that I can successfully stay subscribed to lit-ideas and that's why I have to use it more regularly. But... I just can't get the solution that gmail proposes to work with all my other addresses, my router, my email program etc. And... at this point, I don't even care. I've wasted too many hours trying... so... I thank you all for your tips, help etc. but I'm not going to spend another minute on this right now. a birth is imminent, paul (don't call me daddy) stone