[amsat-bb] Posting to AMSAT-BB with Unsubscribed Email Account

[Robert Bankston]

There has been an increasing trend on AMSAT-BB, wheresubscribers are posting to the BB with an email other than they one they usedto subscribe to the list.  Usually these listmembers signed up with redirect email account (@amsat.org or @arrl.net), but attemptto post a message from their personal account. Others, who have multiple email accounts accidentally select the wrongone.  When either of these situationsoccur, their post is put in quarantine until a list moderator physically logs in andclears it out.

Your quarantined message is not alone.  AMSAT-BB gets 300+ spam emails a day.  Each time a post is placed in quarantine, thelist moderators receives an email notification. You can do the math to figure out how many emails we get each and everyday.

I bring this up to help you realize that clearing your emailis not a fast process.  We could take thetime to look up your name and/or call sign to make sure you are a subscriber,but, to be honest, this is not an easy process. Instead, you will more than likely receive an email stating “Non-membersare not allowed to post messages to this list.” The easy fix is just to resend you post from your subscribed emailaccount.  If you changed email accounts,please visit the AMSAT-BB Info page:  https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb.  From here you can log into your account andchange your email address.

Thank you for your understanding.

73,
Robert Bankston, KE4ALAMSAT-NA VP of User Services