OT, sort of - Eternal-SeptemberAnything I can do, I will, Ray. BTW, I have tried twice to sign on to Orchids Digest (at Freelists). I get the postings every day in my inbox but can't seem to join that list. I got as far as a notice that said I'd receive an email to use for verification, but I never did get one.

I think the mod's name is spelled Viateur.....Signs everything VB.

Diana
"Wendy7" wrote in message ...
I must have missed it too !!! But I'm in on this Ray, sounds like it would work. If you need help with the
moderating just yell.
Cheers Wendy
"Ray B" wrote in message news:000001ca10b6$0e094020$0201a8c0@fro...
I will repeat a proposal I made some time ago, but which gained no response: anyone up for a binaries newsletter?





The Orchids Digest is now run By Kenneth B (I'm not going to even attempt to spell is name before coffee) for free using freelists.org. Looking at the freelists info, it appears that it is possible to have a list with attached images. Seems to me that it would provide us a way to share photos at no cost to anyone; maybe a little time as a moderator to kill abuser's participation, and I'm willing to give that a try.



Basically, you just send an email with photo attached to the list address (I have applied for " - not active yet; should be within 24 hours if approved) , and the server distributes it to all members. Reply, and that goes to all, as well.



It is possible to have all of the day's messages sent as a single "digest", but with the images, that's probably not a good idea, as it could be huge!



What the heck, let's give it a try and see how it goes. I can always close it down again. I'll cross-post info if it's approved.



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OT, sort of - Eternal-SeptemberViateur does a lot of posting of synopses from various publications along with links to the full article. Many are interesting. But I'm pretty Viateur is not the administrator of OrchidGuide Digest unless it's a nom de plume. The administrator is Kenneth Bruyninckx, the owner of Akerne orchids in Belgium. Ray's comment is self evident from this. Kenneth ran the newsgroup which I think had the same name before switching to freelists.
Gary
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ...
Anything I can do, I will, Ray. BTW, I have tried twice to sign on to Orchids Digest (at Freelists). I get the postings every day in my inbox but can't seem to join that list. I got as far as a notice that said I'd receive an email to use for verification, but I never did get one.

I think the mod's name is spelled Viateur.....Signs everything VB.

Diana
"Wendy7" wrote in message ...
I must have missed it too !!! But I'm in on this Ray, sounds like it would work. If you need help with the
moderating just yell.
Cheers Wendy
"Ray B" wrote in message news:000001ca10b6$0e094020$0201a8c0@fro...
I will repeat a proposal I made some time ago, but which gained no response: anyone up for a binaries newsletter?





The Orchids Digest is now run By Kenneth B (I'm not going to even attempt to spell is name before coffee) for free using freelists.org. Looking at the freelists info, it appears that it is possible to have a list with attached images. Seems to me that it would provide us a way to share photos at no cost to anyone; maybe a little time as a moderator to kill abuser's participation, and I'm willing to give that a try.



Basically, you just send an email with photo attached to the list address (I have applied for " - not active yet; should be within 24 hours if approved) , and the server distributes it to all members. Reply, and that goes to all, as well.



It is possible to have all of the day's messages sent as a single "digest", but with the images, that's probably not a good idea, as it could be huge!



What the heck, let's give it a try and see how it goes. I can always close it down again. I'll cross-post info if it's approved.



Ray Barkalow - First Rays LLC - www.firstrays.com

Plants, Supplies, Equipment, Books, Artwork

Free Services & Lots of Info!

OT, sort of - Eternal-SeptemberGotcha. Anyway, see Ray's later post about Orchid Photos List Serve. It's up and running. Hope to see you posting on that list. I miss your neat plants.

Diana
"v_coerulea" wrote in message ...
Viateur does a lot of posting of synopses from various publications along with links to the full article. Many are interesting. But I'm pretty Viateur is not the administrator of OrchidGuide Digest unless it's a nom de plume. The administrator is Kenneth Bruyninckx, the owner of Akerne orchids in Belgium. Ray's comment is self evident from this. Kenneth ran the newsgroup which I think had the same name before switching to freelists.
Gary
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ...
Anything I can do, I will, Ray. BTW, I have tried twice to sign on to Orchids Digest (at Freelists). I get the postings every day in my inbox but can't seem to join that list. I got as far as a notice that said I'd receive an email to use for verification, but I never did get one.

I think the mod's name is spelled Viateur.....Signs everything VB.

Diana
"Wendy7" wrote in message ...
I must have missed it too !!! But I'm in on this Ray, sounds like it would work. If you need help with the
moderating just yell.
Cheers Wendy
"Ray B" wrote in message news:000001ca10b6$0e094020$0201a8c0@fro...
I will repeat a proposal I made some time ago, but which gained no response: anyone up for a binaries newsletter?





The Orchids Digest is now run By Kenneth B (I'm not going to even attempt to spell is name before coffee) for free using freelists.org. Looking at the freelists info, it appears that it is possible to have a list with attached images. Seems to me that it would provide us a way to share photos at no cost to anyone; maybe a little time as a moderator to kill abuser's participation, and I'm willing to give that a try.



Basically, you just send an email with photo attached to the list address (I have applied for " - not active yet; should be within 24 hours if approved) , and the server distributes it to all members. Reply, and that goes to all, as well.



It is possible to have all of the day's messages sent as a single "digest", but with the images, that's probably not a good idea, as it could be huge!



What the heck, let's give it a try and see how it goes. I can always close it down again. I'll cross-post info if it's approved.



Ray Barkalow - First Rays LLC - www.firstrays.com

Plants, Supplies, Equipment, Books, Artwork

Free Services & Lots of Info!

I'm pretty sure that Viateur is just a poster of web published orchid
stories. I always guess that he has a saved search on Google News and
every time a new story has the word orchid in it, he gets a notice from
Google and puts it on Orchids@Freelists.
The annoying part is that he puts EVERYTHING on there. If 8 different
publications do yet another story about that Ghost Orchid in the
Corkscrew swamp, he posts them all.
I save a lot of time reading that list by skipping over everything with
his name on it.

Steve
PS Just signed up for the new list that Ray started.

v_coerulea wrote:
Viateur does a lot of posting of synopses from various publications
along with links to the full article. Many are interesting. But I'm
pretty Viateur is not the administrator of OrchidGuide Digest unless
it's a nom de plume. The administrator is Kenneth Bruyninckx, the owner
of Akerne orchids in Belgium. Ray's comment is self evident from this.
Kenneth ran the newsgroup which I think had the same name before
switching to freelists.
Gary

"Diana Kulaga"
wrote in message
...
Anything I can do, I will, Ray. BTW, I have tried twice to sign on
to Orchids Digest (at Freelists). I get the postings every day in my
inbox but can't seem to join that list. I got as far as a notice
that said I'd receive an email to use for verification, but I never
did get one.

I think the mod's name is spelled Viateur.....Signs everything VB.

Diana

Steve wrote:

I'm pretty sure that Viateur is just a poster of web published orchid
stories. I always guess that he has a saved search on Google News and
every time a new story has the word orchid in it, he gets a notice from
Google and puts it on Orchids@Freelists.
The annoying part is that he puts EVERYTHING on there. If 8 different
publications do yet another story about that Ghost Orchid in the
Corkscrew swamp, he posts them all.
I save a lot of time reading that list by skipping over everything with
his name on it.

Steve

I'm glad I'm not the only one who skips everything from him.

I've noticed that about Viateur. I get Google alerts too, so I've usually
seen what he links to. Steve, glad you're on board with the new list. It's
working well, IMO.

Diana

"tenman" wrote in message
...
Steve wrote:

I'm pretty sure that Viateur is just a poster of web published orchid
stories. I always guess that he has a saved search on Google News and
every time a new story has the word orchid in it, he gets a notice from
Google and puts it on Orchids@Freelists.
The annoying part is that he puts EVERYTHING on there. If 8 different
publications do yet another story about that Ghost Orchid in the
Corkscrew swamp, he posts them all.
I save a lot of time reading that list by skipping over everything with
his name on it.

Steve

I'm glad I'm not the only one who skips everything from him.

Steve wrote:

I'm pretty sure that Viateur is just a poster of web published orchid
stories. I always guess that he has a saved search on Google News and
every time a new story has the word orchid in it, he gets a notice from
Google and puts it on Orchids@Freelists.
The annoying part is that he puts EVERYTHING on there. If 8 different
publications do yet another story about that Ghost Orchid in the
Corkscrew swamp, he posts them all.
I save a lot of time reading that list by skipping over everything with
his name on it.

Steve

I'm glad I'm not the only one who skips everything from him.

I'm pretty sure that Viateur is just a poster of web published orchid
stories. I always guess that he has a saved search on Google News and
every time a new story has the word orchid in it, he gets a notice from
Google and puts it on Orchids@Freelists.
The annoying part is that he puts EVERYTHING on there. If 8 different
publications do yet another story about that Ghost Orchid in the
Corkscrew swamp, he posts them all.
I save a lot of time reading that list by skipping over everything with
his name on it.

Steve
PS Just signed up for the new list that Ray started.

v_coerulea wrote:
Viateur does a lot of posting of synopses from various publications
along with links to the full article. Many are interesting. But I'm
pretty Viateur is not the administrator of OrchidGuide Digest unless
it's a nom de plume. The administrator is Kenneth Bruyninckx, the owner
of Akerne orchids in Belgium. Ray's comment is self evident from this.
Kenneth ran the newsgroup which I think had the same name before
switching to freelists.
Gary

"Diana Kulaga"
wrote in message
...
Anything I can do, I will, Ray. BTW, I have tried twice to sign on
to Orchids Digest (at Freelists). I get the postings every day in my
inbox but can't seem to join that list. I got as far as a notice
that said I'd receive an email to use for verification, but I never
did get one.

I think the mod's name is spelled Viateur.....Signs everything VB.

Diana

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:20:06 -0400 in Diana Kulaga wrote:

OT, sort of - Eternal-SeptemberAnything I can do, I will, Ray. BTW, =
I have tried twice to sign on to Orchids Digest (at Freelists). I get =
the postings every day in my inbox but can't seem to join that list. I =
got as far as a notice that said I'd receive an email to use for =
verification, but I never did get one.

Are you using any subsidiary of AT&T as your email provider?
They have some incredibly stupid policies on blocking email.
Are you using your ISP for an email provider? Odds are that their
email admin is unfit to work in a mail room.

A request to subscribe sent through
http://www.freelists.org/list/orchids

resulted in an immediate attempt to email my mail server.


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Chris Dukes