Trying to subscribe to Sitefinder list
Well, I've been trying. I got a double opt-in that gave me a deadline to respond of 5AM Wednesday. I replied. No confirmation. Tried to post (crossposted to NANOG). Got error message telling me I was not yet on the list. Of course, with the apparent assumption the Internet is the Web, the first directions were to use a browser. Another option was to respond with a token in the message, a common enough procedure for mailing lists. I didn't read the fine print well enough. The first time, I discovered that the token had "confirm no" in it. Removed "no". Reread instructions. Just removing wasn't enough. Had to edit it to "confirm yes". Is there something wrong with the user friendliness of this picture, assuming that people actually use something other than a web browser, shocking as that might be for a m-a-i-l-i-n-g l-i-s-t? grrrr.
I got on OK, but I used the web based confirmation method. Maybe their mail server got flooded? -------------------------- Brian Bruns The Summit Open Source Development Group Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources http://www.2mbit.com ICQ: 8077511 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com> To: <nanog@merit.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:41 AM Subject: Trying to subscribe to Sitefinder list
Well, I've been trying. I got a double opt-in that gave me a deadline to respond of 5AM Wednesday. I replied.
No confirmation.
Tried to post (crossposted to NANOG).
Got error message telling me I was not yet on the list. Of course, with the apparent assumption the Internet is the Web, the first directions were to use a browser. Another option was to respond with a token in the message, a common enough procedure for mailing lists.
I didn't read the fine print well enough. The first time, I discovered that the token had "confirm no" in it. Removed "no".
Reread instructions. Just removing wasn't enough. Had to edit it to "confirm yes".
Is there something wrong with the user friendliness of this picture, assuming that people actually use something other than a web browser, shocking as that might be for a m-a-i-l-i-n-g l-i-s-t?
grrrr.
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Brian Bruns wrote:
I got on OK, but I used the web based confirmation method.
Maybe their mail server got flooded?
I'm thinking that perhaps this is part of the problem and why Verisign thinks they did nothing wrong. It seems they expect one to use a web browser for everything. Thus all those other protocols are not necessary in the Verisign world. bye, ken emery
----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com> To: <nanog@merit.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:41 AM Subject: Trying to subscribe to Sitefinder list
Well, I've been trying. I got a double opt-in that gave me a deadline to respond of 5AM Wednesday. I replied.
No confirmation.
Tried to post (crossposted to NANOG).
Got error message telling me I was not yet on the list. Of course, with the apparent assumption the Internet is the Web, the first directions were to use a browser. Another option was to respond with a token in the message, a common enough procedure for mailing lists.
I didn't read the fine print well enough. The first time, I discovered that the token had "confirm no" in it. Removed "no".
Reread instructions. Just removing wasn't enough. Had to edit it to "confirm yes".
Is there something wrong with the user friendliness of this picture, assuming that people actually use something other than a web browser, shocking as that might be for a m-a-i-l-i-n-g l-i-s-t?
grrrr.
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