[Publib] Problems with list

[Robert Balliot]

I have to believe it is not a problem with capacity, but with software
configuration.
Web4Lib has about 1/8th of the content and 1/2 of the number of subscribers
-
but the same thing is happening there and it also was appropriated by the
OCLC
Webjunction system.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In response to the problems that she was having with PUBLIB, a few
> days ago a friend and former classmate started a Facebook group called
> Library Questions. Everyone's invited to join.
>
> Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
> Librarians bring order out of chaos.
> http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/
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> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Robert Balliot<rballiot at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Another odd thing, this message cane through in my gmail account, but did
> > not show
> > up in my oceanstatelibrarian.com e-mail account and was not trapped
> in my
> > local
> > spam filter.
> >
> > I have also noticed that direct postings to publib with a new subject
> line
> > are less
> > likely to show up than responses to established threads.
> >
> > R. Balliot
> > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:16 PM, J B Schallan <jschallan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Esteemed Publibbers:
> >>
> >> I have attempted to post to PUBLIB for three Fridays running now, to
> >> no avail. Webjunction's mail server never distributes my posting to
> >> the list, nor does it ever show up in the archives.  Webjunction's
> >> server never sends back a bounce message, either -- my posting simply
> >> disappears, unseen by anyone on the list.
> >>
> >> This has been happening ever since the switch from the Berkeley
> >> Sunsite to Webjunction, and in my case, only about one in ten of my
> >> postings ever sees the light of PUBLIB day. I'm going to take a chance
> >> that this posting will be one of the lucky few that gets through.
> >>
> >> I ask for your help.  If you suspect this has been happening to your
> >> postings (and for those of you who have wondered why you never got any
> >> responses to a query, your question probably never got distributed to
> >> the list), please let the tech staff at Webjunction know about it:
> >>
> >> support at webjunction.org
> >>
> >> You know how in the library nothing gets acted on if it comes from
> >> staff, but gets acted on promptly if it comes from a citizen?  This is
> >> the same deal.  Webjunction needs to hear from us, the Webjunction
> >> citizens.
> >>
> >> I'm keen to have my latest Friday piece appear because I have
> >> discovered some new laws of library science.  (Yes, Ranganathan missed
> >> a few.)
> >>
> >> --Joe Schallan
> >>  Phoenix
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> Publib at webjunction.org
> >> http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib
> >>
> >
> >
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> >
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