[pct-l] what happened to PCT-l ... and the message traffic that once lived here

[Scott Williams]

Yup, PCTL still rocks. Thank you Brick for all the years of good stuff and
sound advice. It’s still my favorite hiker forum.

I just finished a walk and will have more time to chuck in my two cents as
the season approaches.

Shroomer

On Mon, Feb 26, 30 Heisei at 4:09 PM Sabrina Harrison <
troopharrison at gmail.com> wrote:

> The facebook groups are so immature. I love this group! Hi guys!!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 25, 2018, at 12:54 PM, Jim Banks <JimLBanks at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > I also had a similar experience where I was getting some of the posts
> but not others.  I seem to be getting them all now although there are a lot
> fewer than in the past.  One way you can check to see if you are getting
> the posts is to go to the archives.  They are all posted there very shortly
> after the email is sent.
> >
> > I reluctantly signed up for Facebook about a year ago just so that I
> could view the PCT related Facebook pages.  During hiking season you can
> get some useful information about trail conditions, but most of it is just
> stupid and juvenile.
> >
> > Jim "I-Beam" Banks
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Susan
> Virnig
> > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2018 7:49 AM
> > To: david at emeraldlake.com
> > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] what happened to PCT-l ... and the message traffic
> that once lived here
> >
> > Over the same period, I have had a similar experience.  But as of two
> weeks ago, when I signed up with a different email address,  it seems to be
> working.  I am getting maybe 5 individual posts a week — way down from when
> I used to get up to 5 posts a day.  So now are there only about 5
> individual posts per week, or am I not getting them all?
> >
> > I, too, LOVE the PCT-L and it has been so helpful over the last 10 years
> in my section hiking further and further away from my Spokane home.
> Thanks, Brick, for this wonderful tool you have provided us all!
> >
> > --Susan from Spokane, aka Sunshine
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 24, 2018, at 11:24 PM, David Plotnikoff <david at emeraldlake.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Brick (and PCT-l as a group)
> >>
> >> A long-time list lurker here (David Plotnikoff). As in 20+ years on the
> list.
> >>
> >> About two years ago, my weekly digests of the posts simply stopped.
> Full-on dead. Brick, I did what you asked and checked spam filters. Nothing
> changed on my end.
> >>
> >> So that was the point for me, unable to receive posts, where PCT-l
> essentially died.
> >>
> >> Was it just me? Was it a legion of other people also being cut off at
> the same time?
> >>
> >> Truly, I don't believe it was just some glitch on my Internet service
> provider end.
> >>
> >> What was to accout for roughly 95 percent of the message traffic on
> PCT-l dropping off in a period of a few months?
> >>
> >> I'm very troubled to be estranged from the community (the Facebook
> groups aren't anything near the same) and really want to see something
> resolved.
> >>
> >> David Plotnikoff
> >>
> >> www.emeraldlake.com/pctguide
> >>
> >> david at emeraldlake.com
> >>
> >>
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