[63517] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Trying to subscribe to Sitefinder list
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Bruns)
Tue Oct 7 01:44:55 2003
From: "Brian Bruns" <bruns@2mbit.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 01:42:56 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I got on OK, but I used the web based confirmation method.
Maybe their mail server got flooded?
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Brian Bruns
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----- 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.
>
