Recently I was invited via an e-mail to join a closed group on Yahoo.  The
message said I had 30 days to subscribe.

When I followed the instructions to join, I came up against a CAPTCHA, the
graphical image of letters.  There was a link for visually impaired users.
I clicked on it, followed the instructions that told me to send an e-mail
explaining my situation.  I waited three weeks.  No response.  I did it
again, still no response.
I then called them and got it resolved right away.
Very irritating.
I tried just subscribing to the group by sending an e-mail, but for some
reason it did not work.



Jerry Berrier

http://www.townisp.com/~jerry.berrier




-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Walt Smith
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: maelstrom shutting down on this server

That's a pretty extreme position to take with respect to Yahoo Groups. I
maintain lists there and it is not necessary to ever actually log into Yahoo
in order to subscribe or unsubscribe from any list there. You only need
sighted assistance once to create an account in any case. Yeah, it's a pain
in the butt, but it's also a completely justifiable and (unfortunately)
necessary way to cut down on the crooks and chiselers. Also, my experience
with Yahoo has been outstanding when I've requested their support people to
assist in creating an account, so a sighted assist probably isn't required
at all. I've had bad experiences with SmartGroups and Freelists, especially
when attempting to change e-mail addresses. The fact is that from a
technical point of view, Yahoo is still the best deal in town despite its
shortcomings.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: maelstrom shutting down on this server


Hi.

Let me know where it ends up going.  I've had fairly good results with a
list that I maintain over on smartgroups.

I echo the comment that Mike made about yahoogroups.  They make it difficult
enough for folks using screen readers because of their anti-spam measures
that I would probably end up leaving the list.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 07:06 PM 10/13/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi everyone, I was reading on another list that the maelstrom server is
>shutting down and I was just wondering where this list will be moving too?

Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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