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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 379288" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Thank you. I didn't want to cause a fuss and I certainly didn't want to report someone for what was intended as a loving, friendly but very personal message. But in finally being able to delete it, I've preserved two "clark kent" identities, not just one.</p><p></p><p>Also, as I said - it was only a small facet of the "friends request" problem. </p><p></p><p>Increasingly, on this site we are ALL friends! One of the reasons I love this place.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the help, klmno. I owe you one (or 20).</p><p></p><p>I'm perhaps a tad more vulnerable than usual right now, as I'm suddenly getting spammed by bulk emails from a listserv I barely subscribed to (if at all) over 15 years ago! Suddenly, I've been getting loads of emails to an old email address which happens to still arrive in our in box, but to which I cannot reply, without giving them my new rmail address. husband managed to get on to "unsubscribe" with the now-dead email address, but we're still getting mail. I figure it takes a while for the emails out there to wind down. </p><p></p><p>People - NEVER set up a support network using listserv! Back when we did "The Black Balloon" there was a network that some of te other parents got us into, that used a listserv. As the group grows, it's like trying to hold a private conversation in a room increasingly filled with deaf people.</p><p>You say to your friend next to you, "Doesn't Clara look nice?"</p><p>The responses from all around are, "What?"</p><p>"No, it's not hot."</p><p>"Is there hot pot?"</p><p>"Yes, he is a good shot, isn't he?"</p><p>"Fizzle me? Pardon?"</p><p>"Yes, I'll have a carton of beer too, please."</p><p>"Sheer ease, certainly."</p><p>"What?"</p><p></p><p>I hate listserv.</p><p></p><p>The secret in responding to someone on listserv, is to choose just their email address (which should be at the top as "sender") and type in your reply to them. NEVER click "reply" because it defaults to "reply to all" and what I have been getting, is loads of people saying either, "What?" or "I think you have sent this to my by mistake," or "please unsubscribe me, then confirm that you have by email."</p><p></p><p>I remember when we belonged to that very small network a couple of years ago, there were only about 30 people, and it was frankly too cumbersome. We were trying to discuss a picnic location, and even that was fraught with conflict, confusion and eventually, no result. </p><p>With our current problem, it's a mob whose newsletter I looked at for a couple of weeks, then I stopped. If I had to receive it, I would have unsubscribed. After only a few weeks. So to get all this now, after a break of 15 years, is bizarre. I think their system has been bot-hacked and all the old, dead email addresses have been resurrected.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 379288, member: 1991"] Thank you. I didn't want to cause a fuss and I certainly didn't want to report someone for what was intended as a loving, friendly but very personal message. But in finally being able to delete it, I've preserved two "clark kent" identities, not just one. Also, as I said - it was only a small facet of the "friends request" problem. Increasingly, on this site we are ALL friends! One of the reasons I love this place. Thanks for the help, klmno. I owe you one (or 20). I'm perhaps a tad more vulnerable than usual right now, as I'm suddenly getting spammed by bulk emails from a listserv I barely subscribed to (if at all) over 15 years ago! Suddenly, I've been getting loads of emails to an old email address which happens to still arrive in our in box, but to which I cannot reply, without giving them my new rmail address. husband managed to get on to "unsubscribe" with the now-dead email address, but we're still getting mail. I figure it takes a while for the emails out there to wind down. People - NEVER set up a support network using listserv! Back when we did "The Black Balloon" there was a network that some of te other parents got us into, that used a listserv. As the group grows, it's like trying to hold a private conversation in a room increasingly filled with deaf people. You say to your friend next to you, "Doesn't Clara look nice?" The responses from all around are, "What?" "No, it's not hot." "Is there hot pot?" "Yes, he is a good shot, isn't he?" "Fizzle me? Pardon?" "Yes, I'll have a carton of beer too, please." "Sheer ease, certainly." "What?" I hate listserv. The secret in responding to someone on listserv, is to choose just their email address (which should be at the top as "sender") and type in your reply to them. NEVER click "reply" because it defaults to "reply to all" and what I have been getting, is loads of people saying either, "What?" or "I think you have sent this to my by mistake," or "please unsubscribe me, then confirm that you have by email." I remember when we belonged to that very small network a couple of years ago, there were only about 30 people, and it was frankly too cumbersome. We were trying to discuss a picnic location, and even that was fraught with conflict, confusion and eventually, no result. With our current problem, it's a mob whose newsletter I looked at for a couple of weeks, then I stopped. If I had to receive it, I would have unsubscribed. After only a few weeks. So to get all this now, after a break of 15 years, is bizarre. I think their system has been bot-hacked and all the old, dead email addresses have been resurrected. Marg [/QUOTE]
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