[Manifold-l] Reliability of Manifold-L

[SCISOFT]

I'm not entirely confident that Manifold-L is reliable in the sense that I
often don't get emails (which I have checked, by going to the directions
archive site and downloading the .tar or .gz text version of the postings). 

This action is constantly required - and I know that my ISP isn't the cause
of this (by the amount of spam that does get through, including other
regular stuff from directionsmag). 

My last 2 postings here (yesterday), for example, haven't appeared. 

I will send them gain.

One concerned my experience with RSS (months ago at the manifold community
website).

The other was about whether one should rely on manifold to contact about new
releases and upgrades, or assume nothing is going to be done in that regard
and it's all one's own responsibility. 

I'll try attaching them here (but that has failed before), prior to
re-sending. ZIP of both txt and Outlook 2003 

Ian Thomas


-----Original Message-----
From: manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net
[mailto:manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net] On Behalf Of Lee Maynus
Sent: Saturday, 8 September 2007 11:27 AM
To: Colin Driscoll; manifold-l at directionsmedia.net
Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] Manifold Release 8

Let's not complicate things here folk. Manifold appears to be listening.

Hopefully, Manifold is noticing that the formerly very active listserve
still does have a following. I am entirely OK distinguishing between being
expected with keeping up with patches (e.g. free upgrades) on my own and
expecting Manifold to notify me when a low cost upgrade opportunity
surfaces.

(And No, I am not a fan of the new forum either, but it would be very
reasonable to expect Manifold automatically informing their license holders
of low cost version upgrade opportunities). 

My two cents!


> [Original Message]
> From: Colin Driscoll <cd_enviro at bigpond.com>
> To: <manifold-l at directionsmedia.net>
> Date: 9/7/2007 9:12:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] Manifold Release 8
>
> But would automatic notification be given for a major upgrade that needed
to
> be paid for, as opposed to a free update?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net
> [mailto:manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net] On Behalf Of
> jburn_gis at cogeco.ca
> Sent: Saturday, 8 September 2007 10:59 AM
> To: Jerry Mulliken; 'Neal Laugman'; manifold-l at directionsmedia.net
> Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] Manifold Release 8
>
> Generally speaking, the default notification freaquency for the
auto-update
> is a week.  So you should have been notified a week after the release,
> provided that you had an internet connection...
>
> >
> > Does not the automatic "Check for Updates" function notify us of major 
> > releases?  I realize some may turn this off if they are not always 
> > connected to the internet.  Is this intended to only notify us of 
> > minor releases?  It does that for me, but did not notify me of 8, 
> > which I learned about on the forums.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net
> > [mailto:manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net] On Behalf Of Neal 
> > Laugman
> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 7:02 AM
> > To: manifold-l at directionsmedia.net
> > Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] Manifold Release 8
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > I would suggest that you use an RSS reader or the built in ones in 
> > > IE/FF and just "subscribe" to the site. I think you'll find this a 
> > > much more efficient way of tracking threads and news.
> >
> > Haven't been paying much attention lately. They should have an icon or 
> > link somewhere on the page with the feed link. It works well in Opera.
> >
> > I would not have known about the upgrade if it were not for this list.
> > Very exciting about the number of DB spatial extenders supported.
> > That's has to be a lot of work besides the usual bug-fixxing and 
> > feature additions.
> >
> > I put my upgrade in as soon as I found out. Thanks for mentioning it 
> > here!
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >  Neal
> >
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