yahoo headache :: the march of fantime

[pauraque_bk]

There are a few non-LJ people who want to get site update notifications from me, so I set up a yahoogroup. Trouble is, the thing doesn't work. When people send email to the subscription addy, they get no response. I reproduced the error with an extra email address of mine -- there's just no answer. I also tried inviting my extra email, and that didn't work either. Membership is set to be open. What am I doing wrong?

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Just the other day I was thinking about how there should be a comm for fandom-wide news, so that everyone could keep abreast of goings-on in parts of the fandom they aren't in direct contact with. And lo, little_needle has set up something very similar: quickquote. As you can see, they clearly have their finger on the pulse of the fandom. *cough*theypimpedme*cough* But seriously, I would have posted about this in any case -- I think it's a cool idea.

Actually, what I'd really like to see is a news bulletin with an 'international' section, so you can see the biggest headlines from other fandoms. I like the multifandom aspect of LJ... having some sense of the state of things in a broader media fan community.

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

metablog might partly satisfy that last - it's multifandom but generally covers metafandom discussions rather than specific items.

[pauraque]

Yes, I follow metablog, but I was wishing for something a little more organized.

YahooGroups suck

[keladryb.livejournal.com]

Yahoo sucks, Eo . A good, easy, site-update notification tool is notifylist.com. Very easy to use, to the point where you could probably figure it out if it was the first thing you ever did online. And you can put a little box on your site for people to sign up--also way easy (they give you an ugly template code, you just modify it so it's pretty).

[(Anonymous)]

The problem with your yahoo group, it seems to me, is that you have set it up so that only you are able to submit messages. Therefore you might want to open up message posting to all members.

[pauraque]

No, that's not what I was trying to do. I'm trying to use it as an announcement list, not a discussion list. The issue is that nobody can subscribe, not that they couldn't post (which was intentional).

[(Anonymous)]

Oh. Well in that case, then the above poster may have a point-you might be better off using the other website that they linked to, if Yahoo Groups doesn't really work.

[triestine.livejournal.com]

Trouble is, the thing doesn't work.

We in TEUNC (a very active, very close-knit yahoo!group since '98, which would be eGroups really) tend to blame Yahoototep, the mean-spirited mummy, for all the trouble Yahoo often gives us: lost posts, bouncing, inability to change subscription modes... Yahoototep is as quirky as hell, and might cooperate wonderfully the very next day. Heh.

What I really wanted to say, however, is a thankyou for all the helpful posts in snapesupport. I've yet to see more of such on-topic, useful and literate communities.

Cheers,
Jez

[pauraque]

I'm glad you're enjoying the community. We were just lucky to attract such a smart, thoughtful group of fans.