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Greg-- We echo the response by "John T. Croteau" <johnc@geekopolis.com> who wrote: >I make my living as a UNIX Sys. Admin and have never seen a problem like >this drag out so long. This is ridiculous. I run a small network at home, hence the domain name, >and have worked with majordomo, listserv, and others for years and have never run into a >problem quite like ours. I do not believe it has anything to do with >majordomo itself. The problem, from what I have seen, is at the ISP level. We also own and maintain several domains on the Internet, and do not understand why there has been such a problem. Greg, who is the ISP? Those of us who have contributed would like to know Thanks, Robert & Carolyn Wilson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- At 05:10 PM 1/31/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Dear folks, > > I have decided to jump-start the old list while our service >provider attempts to fix the new one. I will give them a couple of more >days before demanding a refund. They have proven to be very helpful, >knowledgeable and responsive, but we've had problems (i.e., basically no >list) for at least a week. This is a big drag! > > What does it mean to be back on the old list? > > o send posts to "type-3@umich.edu" (notice the dash in there...) > o no digest version available > o all subscription change requests go through me > o subscription changes may take up to a couple of days before I >can get around to them > o slower delivery > o no web archive of recent posts > o no "T3" label in the subject > o subscribe/unsubscribe messages sent to the list get sent to everyone > o nobody to complain to if we have problems @umich.edu. > > > Yes, I too am very frustrated about the current state of things. >Like many of you, I too have pitched in money for the new services. I am >not in a position to actually work with the nitty-gritties of our new list; >I can just do administrative functions (not that I would actually know how >to solve the problems we're having anyway!). If the current problems are >due to the majordomo software itself, I'll look into the possibility of >having our provider install Listserv Lite or some other alternative. > > Again, I'm really sorry, folks. Let's wait a couple of more days. >Remember, to post a message, send mail to "type-3@umich.edu". To add or >drop yourself from the list, send me e-mail personally at >"gregm@vwtype3.org" or "gregm@umich.edu". > >Regards, >-Greg Merritt >'69 & '71 Squarebacks >'63 Beetle > > >