A reader with Gmail let me know she’s having difficulty signing up for my newsletter at Yahoogroups, which I send out when I have new releases or major news. I’ll have occasion to send out a new issue mid-June, so I need to get this sorted out and am looking for a couple of Gmail users willing to help me out. The reader can’t seem to sign up for the newsletter from my website, and when I sent her an invitation from Yahoogroups, she didn’t receive it. A reader with an ISP email address tested signing up for me and she had no problems. So I’m wondering if Yahoo and Gmail are having some sort of argument, and they very well might be. I just checked the membership list and there isn’t one single Gmail subscriber on there.
If you’re willing to help me out but don’t really WANT to belong to my newsletter group, have no fear, I will not behead you if you unsubscribe after letting me know that you’ve successfully signed on. This isn’t a campaign for more subscribers (although that would be nice), but an attempt to help the reader having trouble.
So here’s what I need you to do.
If you’re with Gmail, please attempt to sign up for my newsletter either through (a) Yahoogroups, (b)OR by inputting your email address into the Newsletter Sign-up box at the top right of my blog, (c) OR by clicking the Sign Up For Cindy’s Newsletter graphic on the lower right of my home page (just above News) and then following directions (you’ll need to confirm that you want to sign up). Clicking that graphic should bring up the subscription address in your email program and you hit Send on a blank email from there. There should be no message in your email. Just the subscribe to address in the Send To field. (d) OR, there’s also a click-able link on my Contact page that should also bring up the subscribe to email address in your email program of choice.
See? Four ways to do it. I’m nothing if not accommodating, right?
After signing up, please email me privately and let me know that you’ve tried to subscribe. I should get a notification from Yahoogroups if the subscription is successful, but I have no way of knowing if you’re signing up because you want to receive my newsletters or if you’re signing up to help me with the Gmail issue. So please don’t forget to drop me a note and let me know you’re with Gmail and have tried to sign up.
If I get a couple of successful Gmail subscribers, I’ll let you know through private email that you’re on the list and then you can unsub if you want. Not an issue there.
Thanks!
Cindy
