[ba-filk-announce] Re: BA-FILK: You must now use your subscribed e-mail address to post messages

[Bob Kanefsky <Kanef@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just wanted to remind people of the implications of this:  If  
you've got multiple email addresses, or you've changed addresses and  
incoming email to to the old one still reaches you but it's no longer  
your From line, then your replies may disappear.  I just talked to an  
old friend at Baycon who that happened to.  He thought he'd sent a  
question about a house filk, but replies automatically get addressed  
to the ba-filk list unless you override it, and his company had  
changed names.  Unlike some other services, this one doesn't bounce  
unsuccessful messages, it just sort of absorbs them.

If you want to fix it to recognize your messages, here's an easy 11- 
step process.
(Sorry, this is the best I can come up with, given how it's set up.)

	1.  Go to http://lists.filknet.org/cgi-bin/listargate.cgi
	2.  Type in your new address (leaving the password field blank).
	3.  Check your email and follow the link it sends you to login.
	4.  Click on the ba-filk-announce and/or ba-filk link.
	5.  Press the Subscribe button.
	6.  Wait until John approves your request and you're subscribed  
under your new address.
		Then, to avoid duplicate messages:
	7.  Go to back http://lists.filknet.org/cgi-bin/listargate.cgi
	8.  Type in your old address (leaving the password field blank).
	9.  Check your email and follow the link it sends you to login.
       10.  Click on the ba-filk-announce and/or ba-filk link.
       11.  Press the Unsubscribe button.

					--Kanef


On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Eli Goldberg wrote:

> Hi, everyone --
>
>     I've made a change to the ba-filk and ba-filk-announce, so that  
> you can
> only post to these lists using the same e-mail address with which you
> receive messages on the list.
>
>     Why?
>
>     Right now, the ba-filk lists receive about 20-40 spam message
> submissions per day from outside addresses, each of which is then  
> sent to
> John, Bob and myself for approval. Like you, we get enough spam  
> already,
> thank you. ;-)
>
>     Thanks for your understanding.
>
>     Yours,
>
>     Eli
>
> P.S. For anyone who hasn't heard, the CD reprint of Julia Ecklar's  
> first
> filk cassette -- "The Traveller" -- is at the duplicators. We're  
> not yet
> certain if it'll be ready in time for Consonance. More information at:
>
>     http://community.livejournal.com/filk/93879.html#cutid1
>
>
>
>