BAA Sunday Afternoon Stuff « Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

BAA Sunday Afternoon Stuff

BAA Sunday Afternoon Stuff

I hope that you are having a nice holiday weekend.

Important Blog Subscription News

Many folks have been e-mailing recently stating that they have not been receiving blog notices via e-mail after having received them for years. They are actually still subscribed. But, since we went to a new server, we have been having problems with certain e-mail providers, most notably with att.net. Our understanding is that they, and several others including pacbell.net, bellsouth.net, mcn.net (and possibly others) have black-listed us for no reason whatsoever. 🙂 We have been aware of and have been working on this issue but there is a chance that the situation may never be fixed. Actually, the exact same problem has persisted for several years on BirdPhotographer’s.Net. My solution there was to open a free gmail account and get in the habit of checking it every day. I still do just that so that I can get my BPN notices and respond to the various threads that I am following.

At present, there are two viable solutions:

1- You can open a free gmail account and subscribe at that address. You will get your BAA blog notifications there without a problem.

2- You can save the blog address as a favorite and get in the habit of visiting every day. I should be posting every day for at least the next year … And beyond that as well. Barring any serious health or internet problems.

I am glad that folks miss getting their BIRDS AS ART Blog notices. If you have stopped getting yours and use a different e-mail provider than the four listed above, please click here to shoot me an e-mail. Please be sure to let us know your e-mail provider.

Wanted to Buy Service

If you would like to post a wanted to buy item, I will be glad to run it on the blog provided that you agree to pay me a 2 1/2 per cent finder’s fee if I am successful, 2 1/2% of the what you wind up paying for the item. To list an item, please click only here and let me know what lens or camera body you are looking for. As always, BAA Used Gear sales rely 100% on the honor system.

Those wishing to sell a wanted to by item, please click here to shoot me an e-mail. Once I get your e-mail I will send you the Items for Sale Info e-mail. If you agree to all the usual terms we will work together to determine a fair price and then I will put you in touch with the prospective buyer. If a sale is not completed within two weeks, you agree that I will list the item for sale in a blog post and on the Used Gear page. In addition, you agree not to sell the item to the person who originally wanted to buy the item. As always, we rely on the honor system. Once the seller cashes the check they will pay me 5% of the original asking price. Note: the cost of insured Ground Shipping via major courier is always paid by the seller.

6 comments to BAA Sunday Afternoon Stuff

  • avatar Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

    Thanks for the suggestion Loren.

    with love, artie

  • avatar Ed

    You may also (and should) contact AT&T and have your server removed from their blacklist. Typically, these blacklists are ‘computer generated’ based on words, phrases, or some other form of reference. I had a similar incident about 6 months ago and my ISP (which cover a 7 state area) removed me from the blacklist while I was on the phone with them. Knowing the problem resolution speed of AT&T, it could be weeks to fix…but it can be done.

    • avatar Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

      Thanks Ed. We have been trying that for years without success. We never even get an answer. If you have a phone number I would greatly appreciate it.

      with love, artie

      ps: for me, things got a lot worse with ATT once they hooked up with Yahoo…

  • avatar Loren Charif

    Artie –

    Another option is changedetection.com. Although I don’t use it for your blog (because I do receive notifications directly from you), I do use it to track several other blogs and web pages and it works extremely well.

  • avatar Warren Robb

    Thanks Artie!!! Gmail it is then!