[BCMA MBEN] BCMA-L & MBEN Listservs are BACK!
Jim Harding
JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:57:31 -0700
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Greetings BCMA Members & Listserv Subscribers!</span></font>
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As posted as an Alert on the BCMA homepage, we are relieved to finally be
able to announce that both the BCMA-L and MBEN (members only) listservs
have now been restored after service was knocked out approximately
September 23rd. </span></font>
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Our Internet Service Provider (ISP) was finally able to rectify problems
created by the attachment of a spamming database to the listservs'
subscriber lists which prevented the ISP and BCMA staff from accessing the
admin webpage to view, moderate or broadcast any posted messages--
which has included several important Conference 2008 updates, the BC
Digitization Symposium invitation, federal election advocacy alerts (esp. arts
funding issues), and the new heritage strategy's online stakeholder survey
from the Heritage Branch. </span></font>
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These time sensitive messages will be re-posted immediately.</span></font>
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Approximately 9,000 accumulated messages had to be purged to help
resolve the mail clearinghouse problem. Any messages you may have
posted since September 23rd should be considered lost and if still
applicable, should be re-posted to:
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<u>bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</u>
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To prevent similar interruptions, subscription requests to BCMA-L will all be
authorized by the Moderator before being activated. Unrecognized or
suspicious email addresses will be blocked or challenged for additional
verification by the subscriber.</span></font>
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On behalf of our ISP--whom we thank for all their extra hours on our behalf--
we apologize for this inconvenience.  Both BCMA-L and MBEN listservs
perform a vital communication and advocacy service to our provincial
membership and our larger sector as subscribers, and we will continue to
work with our ISP to improve security measures and subscription
procedures.</span></font>
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Thanks for your patience. We will try not to bury you with the many, many
developments that have been accomplished over the same period.</span></font>
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--Jim</span></font>
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Jim Harding, ED</span></font>
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BC Museums Association</span></font>
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(250) 356-5694</span></font>
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