Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:03:50 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Gerry vs. Yahoo
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Heck, if our Vanagon Clubhouse had good beer, I wouldn't mind if men poured
it. I'd even volunteer. :)
On Feb 16, 2008 1:48 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Mike..I don't have my server or T1 access so all I could do was
> subscribe under a newly created gmail account and since then, it's all
> good. Yahoo is the one giving me trouble so I am now axeing(sp?) them out
> of the list. Thanks, Michael in San Antonio.
> P.S. The women don't even have to REALLY attractive if the beer is cold!
>
> On Feb 16, 2008 3:26 PM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have to respectfully disagree because I feel that if this list only
> > works for some people, and not for others, discussing it /is/ on-topic
> > because without a working list, there isn't a list.
> >
> > Say we had a clubhouse where we met with other Vanagon owners to discuss
> > Vanagon stuff. While we're imagining this we might as well have a nice
> > fireplace there, and some beers, and some attractive women to serve said
> > beers . . . but I digress. Say that by mutual agreement non-Vanagon
> topics
> > were not to be discussed. And say that one winter the roof developed a
> > really ugly leak over some of the chairs so that some members were
> getting
> > soaked. Say one or two of those members wanted to mention this little
> > issue -- should they be told to get a real roof and shut up? Maybe so,
> but
> > that's not a club I'd belong to, thankyouverymuch.
> >
> > I also disagree that the issue that some of us occasionally experience
> is
> > attributable to gmail.* I've used gmail for years and have several
> > accounts, some of which receive much more traffic than the vanagon list
> > generates, and only the vanagon list has these occasional blackouts.
> >
> > Because of that it's difficult to tell whether it is Gerry snubbing
> gmail,
> > or gmail getting all huffy, or some mutual interface constipation that
> > causes the slowdowns. Late last year, when there was a similar blackout,
> > Jim Arnott said that he found that Gerry had a mess of logfiles or
> > something which needed to be cleaned out (I could be misremembering
> this,
> > Jim, and if so, please advise).
> >
> > (Takes deep breath). So IM (not so H) O, that this could be a
> > Gerry-related issue cannot be discounted, and Gerry-related issues
> should
> > be discussable. It is, after all, Gerry.vanagon.com<
> http://gerry.vanagon.com/>
> >
> > =============
> > * Yahoo, now -- that's a different story. Yahoo's for kids.
> >
> > --
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > KG6RCR
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/16/2008 9:53 AM Mike wrote:
> >
> > > How long must we all endure this off-topic, never-ending, pointless
> > > discussion about who's damn email service isn't working.
> > > Get a real service provider and you won't have these problems. I
> > never
> > > have any problems like this, and frankly, I'm tired of hearing about
> all
> > of
> > > yours........it's NOT Vanagon-related, and it's not Friday, either.
> > > Sheesh!
> > > Mike B.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "David Marshall" <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
> > > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:50 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Gerry vs. Yahoo
> > >
> > >
> > >> I think yahoo has adjusted their spam filters recently - and for the
> > >> worse. Now I am getting all sorts of typical spam there - like I
> > >> have 28 million in my account - help me get it to America, no drug
> > related
> > >> stuff. But, the Unimog Exchange stuff is always thrown in the spam
> > >> filter - delivery is quick though. Gmail has been solid no spam and
> > >> fast delivery of everything. My personal email server works great
> > >> - may be a 3 or 4 minute delay from Gerry...
> > >>
> > >> David
> > >> Marshall
> > >>
> > >> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> > >> http://www.fastforward.ca
> > >>
> > >> Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
> > >> 3J2
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, February 16, 2008 04:08, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > >>> Hi Guys and Gals...due to a belief that it is not Gerry, but Yahoo
> > >> holding
> > >>> all the posts hostage, I opened a gmail account and
> > >> requested access to
> > >>> the
> > >>> list. I recd 6 messages from
> > >> gerry in my gmail account overnite and 140 in
> > >>> my Yahoo account.
> > >> I have hardly recd anything all week and now am getting
> > >>> messages
> > >> dated as far back as Tuesday in my Yahoo. Now, Yahoo pmail works
> > >>> great, BUT all of Gerry's mail is slow. Thoughts? Michael in San
> > >> Antonio
> >
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
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