OK, I am glad you and the administration are on top of it.. Looking forward to the change, before G-Mail messes our list message distribution up, as AOL has promised G-Mail will...
*Dennis Lee Miles * *Director **E.V.T.I. Inc.* *E-Mail:* *[email protected]* <[email protected]> *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913* Dade City, Florida 33523 USA On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 4:27 AM, EVDL Administrator <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140502/ba679742/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
