Yahoo mail = Bad - See what you might have missed

The editors and I noticed that a lot of the e-mails that we sent to staffers and others with yahoo.com mail addresses were getting bounced.

We also noticed that several people were upset because they weren't getting our messages. This led to misunderstandings.

I checked with the ACC help desk about this, and they responded as follows:

"Yahoo has blocked ACC email. Unfortunately there is nothing else we can do on our end."

YIKES!

I will refrain from ranting about this at this point, and just express my concern about some of the important messages that may not have gotten to everyone:

Deadlines - Issue three is being finished right now. Hopefully nobody with a yahoo.com account missed out on contributing because they didn't get the messages about story meetings, deadlines, and the story list. There will be a bit of a lull because of Spring break. The next official story meeting is March 23, but we would love for everyone (especially new folks) to start working on coverage ideas now. Just e-mail accent@austincc.edu, or editor@austincc.edu for approval and feedback, and then start working on interviews, shoots, etc. The editors will also be contacting some people individually.

TIPA - There are still five spots left for the expense-paid trip to TIPA in Dallas. I noticed that some of our very active staff members did not register by the deadline. I hope it's not because they didn't get the e-mail announcements about the trip. The deadline has been extended. Check here for details.

Lessons (I can't guarantee that something like this won't happen in the future, so . . .) -

• Check this blog often
• Check the staff web site, including the calendar, often.
• Become a fan on facebook
• Follow theaccent on twitter
• Check in with the editors or me if you haven't heard from us for a while
  

I am refraining from ranting against Yahoo! , but feel free if you want to.


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