On 2 May 2014 at 2:51, Dennis Miles wrote: > It seems the major AOL gripe is using an alias for a return (FROM) > address Cannot we use the true "FROM" and place a comment in the e-mail > to direct all replies to the "EVDL.com" , or whatever is appropriate > ???
Well, that's sort of what the updated list sotware will do. RIght now, when you send a post to the list, it sends it on to Yahoo, AOL, Gmail, Roadrunner, and so on. When it arrives at the destination server it says, "Hi, I'm from Dennis Miles. I know it looks like I come from the EVDL, but I'm really from Dennis. Trust me." In the new version, the message will tell Yahoo and the other guys, "Hi, I'm from the EVDL. I have a message here from Dennis Miles." This change makes Yahoo (and AOL) happy again. The only downside I know of is that some (many?) emali systems will show this in their message list as FROM the EVDL, with no indication of who wrote it until you open it. But at least it will get to all the users, no matter who sent it.* This fix is on its way. I just haven't been able to get a firm date for its arrival from the folks who are supposed to install it on the server. In the meantime, I'm suggesting that AOL, AT&T, Yahoo, and possibly Microsoft Mail users switch to digest mode. That does essentially the same thing the update does, except that it bundles multiple messages into the "package" instead of just one. *One important thing to realize is that the current problem affects only people on Yahoo/AT&T, AOL, and (maybe) Microsoft Mail (this last isn't clear to me yet). This means that 80-85% of EVDL users are NOT affected AT ALL. Also, Yahoo/AT&T/AOL/MS users will receive EVDL messages from you and me and other folks who DO NOT use Yahoo/AT&T/AOL/MS mail. We will get the messages they send. No sweat there. However, until the list software update lands, messages sent to the EVDL from Yahoo/AT&T/AOL/MS peole will NOT reach other Yahoo/AT&T/AOL/MS folks - unless they are using digest mode. I hope that makes some sense. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
