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Greetings! A quick word about Nomination Banners, if I may.

As you may have noticed, if you have already been nominated and have visited the banner page, we have uploaded a varied selection of banners, but new banners are being added as they are made. So if you don't see something you're looking for, check back every few days.

You may also send suggestions to me if you see a character/place/race/etc is missing and I'll forward the request on to the banner makers. While we are not taking custom requests, I will gladly receive requests for specific characters, places, and what not.

Something NEW this year: Vertical Banners!
We will be making a few vertical banners for those who would like a little bit different version. They will conform to the same size requirements as previous years, only flipped to vertical.

If you would like to join our banner making team, please contact me at the email address listed below. We appreciate all the help!

Congratulations to all the nominees so far! Keep those Nominations coming, and we, your banner making team shall keep the banners posted!

Nieriel Raina
MEFA Banner Coordinator

You may contact me at: equineinclined at yahoo dot com.

For banner requests: Please put MEFA Banner Request in the subject line. We will do our best to see everyone has an appropriate banner with their main character/place/race presented.

To join our banner team, please put Banner Making in the subject line. I will forward your into to Marta so you may be added to the volunteer list.

NiRi, a stupid question: Where do I find the banner page?

Lissa

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "NiRi" <equineinclined@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings! A quick word about Nomination Banners, if I may.
>
> As you may have noticed, if you have already been nominated and have visited the banner page, we have uploaded a varied selection of banners, but new banners are being added as they are made. So if you don't see something you're looking for, check back every few days.
>
> You may also send suggestions to me if you see a character/place/race/etc is missing and I'll forward the request on to the banner makers. While we are not taking custom requests, I will gladly receive requests for specific characters, places, and what not.
>
> Something NEW this year: Vertical Banners!
> We will be making a few vertical banners for those who would like a little bit different version. They will conform to the same size requirements as previous years, only flipped to vertical.
>
> If you would like to join our banner making team, please contact me at the email address listed below. We appreciate all the help!
>
> Congratulations to all the nominees so far! Keep those Nominations coming, and we, your banner making team shall keep the banners posted!
>
> Nieriel Raina
> MEFA Banner Coordinator
>
> You may contact me at: equineinclined at yahoo dot com.
>
> For banner requests: Please put MEFA Banner Request in the subject line. We will do our best to see everyone has an appropriate banner with their main character/place/race presented.
>
> To join our banner team, please put Banner Making in the subject line. I will forward your into to Marta so you may be added to the volunteer list.
>

Kid is home so I am slow uploading because she keeps stealing my computer! *Kids* ;p

So like Niri says, keep checking back, because I have more to add that are done and some more still to make, and so do some of the other banner makers.

Cactuskim

PS... if you had a favorite of mine from last year and you don't see it in this years selection soon, feel free to say something and I will dig it out and update it for you.




________________________________
From: NiRi <equineinclined@yahoo.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:31:34 PM
Subject: [MEFAwards] Nomination Banners





Greetings! A quick word about Nomination Banners, if I may.

As you may have noticed, if you have already been nominated and have visited the banner page, we have uploaded a varied selection of banners, but new banners are being added as they are made. So if you don't see something you're looking for, check back every few days.

You may also send suggestions to me if you see a character/place/ race/etc is missing and I'll forward the request on to the banner makers. While we are not taking custom requests, I will gladly receive requests for specific characters, places, and what not.

Something NEW this year: Vertical Banners!
We will be making a few vertical banners for those who would like a little bit different version. They will conform to the same size requirements as previous years, only flipped to vertical.

If you would like to join our banner making team, please contact me at the email address listed below. We appreciate all the help!

Congratulations to all the nominees so far! Keep those Nominations coming, and we, your banner making team shall keep the banners posted!

Nieriel Raina
MEFA Banner Coordinator

You may contact me at: equineinclined at yahoo dot com.

For banner requests: Please put MEFA Banner Request in the subject line. We will do our best to see everyone has an appropriate banner with their main character/place/ race presented.

To join our banner team, please put Banner Making in the subject line. I will forward your into to Marta so you may be added to the volunteer list.




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I went to the banner page but I'm only seeing up to 2008's banners...
where's the link to 2009?
Vorondavë ar linalmië,
Rhyselle


Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative
mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and
likeness of a Maker. -- J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories, 1939

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 4:31 PM, NiRi <equineinclined@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Greetings! A quick word about Nomination Banners, if I may.
>
> As you may have noticed, if you have already been nominated and have
> visited the banner page, we have uploaded a varied selection of banners, but
> new banners are being added as they are made. So if you don't see something
> you're looking for, check back every few days.
>
> You may also send suggestions to me if you see a character/place/race/etc
> is missing and I'll forward the request on to the banner makers. While we
> are not taking custom requests, I will gladly receive requests for specific
> characters, places, and what not.
>
> Something NEW this year: Vertical Banners!
> We will be making a few vertical banners for those who would like a little
> bit different version. They will conform to the same size requirements as
> previous years, only flipped to vertical.
>
> If you would like to join our banner making team, please contact me at the
> email address listed below. We appreciate all the help!
>
> Congratulations to all the nominees so far! Keep those Nominations coming,
> and we, your banner making team shall keep the banners posted!
>
> Nieriel Raina
> MEFA Banner Coordinator
>
> You may contact me at: equineinclined at yahoo dot com.
>
> For banner requests: Please put MEFA Banner Request in the subject line. We
> will do our best to see everyone has an appropriate banner with their main
> character/place/race presented.
>
> To join our banner team, please put Banner Making in the subject line. I
> will forward your into to Marta so you may be added to the volunteer list.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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We will be making a few vertical banners for those who would like a little
bit different version. They will conform to the same size requirements as
previous years, only flipped to vertical.



---------------
Very cool! I'll have to see if anyone knows how to make html on LJ put the
text up next to them in a document and not underneath. Sorry. OOT! I'll ask
on my LJ.

Silmarillion banners are usually a minor problem at least. Suggestion: have
people make some general ones based on scenery or abstraction. People
don't always like death scenes and torture (Silm filled with that, of course!).
Or big scary monsters looming over tiny indistinguishable elves if one
writes romance or general fics.
**************A strong credit score is 700 or above. See Yours in Just 2
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cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)


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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:33 PM, <heartofoshun@aol.com> wrote:

> I'll have to see if anyone knows how to make html on LJ put the
> text up next to them in a document and not underneath.

Try this:

<img src="http://www.url.com" align="left" />

Obviously, the url should be your url, and you can use align="right" if you
prefer it on the other side. But it will "float" the image beside the text
to one side or the other.

Dawn

--
~oOo~
Dawn Felagund
http://themidhavens.net/heretic_loremaster/
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org


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Dawn, you are too good to me! thanks.
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Easy Steps!
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cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)


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I'll second that on the SILM banners. There were some happy things that
happened in the SILM, and it would be nice to see a few banners that would
reflect that. :)
Something showing the Valar would be good also... like Yavanna singing the
Trees to life. :)

Thanks to all the wonderful folks who make the banners!

And could we please get a good link to the 2009 banner pages? Thanks!

Vorondavë ar linalmië,
Rhyselle


Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative
mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and
likeness of a Maker. -- J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories, 1939

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:33 PM, <heartofoshun@aol.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> We will be making a few vertical banners for those who would like a little
> bit different version. They will conform to the same size requirements as
> previous years, only flipped to vertical.
>
>
>
> ---------------
> Very cool! I'll have to see if anyone knows how to make html on LJ put the
> text up next to them in a document and not underneath. Sorry. OOT! I'll ask
> on my LJ.
>
> Silmarillion banners are usually a minor problem at least. Suggestion: have
> people make some general ones based on scenery or abstraction. People
> don't always like death scenes and torture (Silm filled with that, of
> course!).
> Or big scary monsters looming over tiny indistinguishable elves if one
> writes romance or general fics.
> **************A strong credit score is 700 or above. See Yours in Just 2
> Easy Steps!
> (
> http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585033x1201462753/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&b
> cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Berni Crumb <rhysylle@...> wrote:

> And could we please get a good link to the 2009 banner pages?
> Thanks!

I saw that somewhere today...*thinks*

Lifted from the FAQ
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQbanners

Where can I see the banners that are available?

Banners are available at photobucket:

banners for nominees: http://www.photobucket.com/mefa09n, password: celebrimbor
banners for reviewers: http://www.photobucket.com/mefa09r, password: daeron

Rhapsody

> And could we please get a good link to the 2009 banner pages? Thanks!
>

You can find the links to the banner sites here:
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQbanners#ban_8

HTH :)
Elea (elea24)

Where can I see the banners that are available?

Banners are available at photobucket:



They didnt work for me. Each link took me to Photobucket and said "page
not found" and invited me to browse "billions" of pictures. Photobucket and I
are not friends in any case, sort of like Yahoo and me.

(I chose the one-a-day email choice for this group on Yahoo three times
yesterday. And it did not work for me! It claimed it saved the change, but did
not. So here I am again, reading every email, because I have no impulse
control.)
**************A strong credit score is 700 or above. See Yours in Just 2
Easy Steps!
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585033x1201462753/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&b
cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)


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Here is the link and password that I was sent to get in and has been working for me.

The link to the account it:
http://www.photobucket.com/mefa09n

Password is: celebrimbor (all lowercase)

Here is the whole URL/link that shows in my browser when I use that link incase the above one link gets funny with you.

http://gs98.photobucket.com/groups/l253/H4V8QY36O4/

BTW, Yahoo frequently likes to break links in e-mails to Yahoo groups ... it does it by adding spaces, so if these don't work, all you have to do is cut and Paste the last one I gave you into the top of your browser, and carefully look for and remove any spaces, and then hit enter, and then it will work for you.

Cactuskim




________________________________
From: "heartofoshun@aol.com" <heartofoshun@aol.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 3:28:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: Nomination Banners







Where can I see the banners that are available?

Banners are available at photobucket:

They didnt work for me. Each link took me to Photobucket and said "page
not found" and invited me to browse "billions" of pictures. Photobucket and I
are not friends in any case, sort of like Yahoo and me.

(I chose the one-a-day email choice for this group on Yahoo three times
yesterday. And it did not work for me! It claimed it saved the change, but did
not. So here I am again, reading every email, because I have no impulse
control.)
************ **A strong credit score is 700 or above. See Yours in Just 2
Easy Steps!
(http://pr.atwola. com/promoclk/ 100126575x122258 5033x1201462753/ aol?redir= http://www. freecreditreport .com/pm/default. aspx?sc=668072& hmpgID=115& b
cd=Maystrongfooter5 2309NO115)

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Thank you for the link. Wow - the banners are lovely!

Lissa

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Eleanor (Elea)" <eleabella@...> wrote:
>
>
> > And could we please get a good link to the 2009 banner pages? Thanks!
> >
>
> You can find the links to the banner sites here:
> http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQbanners#ban_8
>
> HTH :)
> Elea (elea24)
>

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:28 PM, <heartofoshun@aol.com> wrote:

> I chose the one-a-day email choice for this group on Yahoo three times
> yesterday. And it did not work for me! It claimed it saved the change, but

did

> not. So here I am again, reading every email, because I have no impulse
> control.

Yikes. It's not called Yahell without reason. ;)

Another way to attempt it is to send a blank email to this address:
MEFAwards-digest@yahoogroups.com. Or one of the group admins can manually
reset your membership to Daily Digest ... but I don't know what their policy
is on that.

I was wondering why you were replying so quickly to list mails! :D

Dawn, also easily distracted


--
~oOo~
Dawn Felagund
http://themidhavens.net/heretic_loremaster/
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org


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In a message dated 5/23/2009 6:38:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kim@flash.net writes:

Here is the link and password that I was sent to get in and has been
working for me.


----------
Thanks! There was an extra comma at the end of the link Rhapsody gave
earlier.
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cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)


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Thanks, Dawn.

I was wondering why you were replying so quickly to list mails! :D



I am so bad. I am actually copychecking someone's novel. I should work
offline--but then I might miss something exciting!
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Easy Steps!
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cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)


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Ah, aren't distractions fun, Oshun? :-)

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, heartofoshun@... wrote:
>
>
> Thanks, Dawn.
>
> I was wondering why you were replying so quickly to list mails! :D
>
>
>
> I am so bad. I am actually copychecking someone's novel. I should work
> offline--but then I might miss something exciting!
> **************A strong credit score is 700 or above. See Yours in Just
2
> Easy Steps!
>
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585033x1201462753/aol?redir\
=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&b
> cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Sorry about not getting back with the link sooner. I'm on digest and haven't gotten an email from the group in a while and I've been busy making banners and forgot to check back! Oopsey!

I see the banner link has now been posted. You can find it all at the MEFA FAQ on the MEFA site as well. There are some really lovely banners up there!

Rhyselle said: Something showing the Valar would be good also... like Yavanna singing the Trees to life. :)

Sadly, we are limited to the artwork from the illustrated books and screencaps from the movies. Making full manipulations for banners is simply not feasible as they can take anywhere from 10 - 90 hours to make PER MANIP (for decent ones). If you know someone that has drawn or made photo manipulations of such characters, and would like to ask their permission for use in the MEFAs, by all means! Contact them and get back to me. Otherwise, there is simply VERY few artist renderings of the Valar. I do have one of Aulë, but none for the others. I am currently working on a manip of the Two Trees however that I think will be nice for a generic Aman banner.

NiRi

Hi Oshun,

I added a lot of Silm banners last year, after the problem was mentioned
online.

Like CactusKim, I will be happy to convert any of my 2008 banners to 2009.
If you email me to let me know which one(s) you want (by banner name), I
will convert it earlier rather than later (I made *many* banners last year,
and intend to convert all of them, so it's just a matter of which ones I
work on first. And I'm working on an old, slow, and very cantankerous
computer, so it will take time.....).

If you like, you can check my 2008 banners at <
http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/Elena_Tiriel/MEFA_2008_Banners/>, and
click on the tag "The Silmarillion" (note the "The" in front) to find
Silm-related banners.

- Barbara

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:33 PM, <heartofoshun@aol.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> We will be making a few vertical banners for those who would like a little
> bit different version. They will conform to the same size requirements as
> previous years, only flipped to vertical.
>
> ---------------
> Very cool! I'll have to see if anyone knows how to make html on LJ put the
> text up next to them in a document and not underneath. Sorry. OOT! I'll ask
>
> on my LJ.
>
> Silmarillion banners are usually a minor problem at least. Suggestion: have
>
> people make some general ones based on scenery or abstraction. People
> don't always like death scenes and torture (Silm filled with that, of
> course!).
> Or big scary monsters looming over tiny indistinguishable elves if one
> writes romance or general fics.
> **************A strong credit score is 700 or above. See Yours in Just 2
> Easy Steps!
> (
> http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585033x1201462753/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&b
> cd=Maystrongfooter52309NO115)
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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Hi Cactuskim,

Sometimes you can keep email programs from breaking links if you surround
the link with < and >, so the email programs gets fooled into thinking it's
an HTML tag.

Don't remember who mentioned that first on a list, but thank you to whoever
it was!

So, the links you gave are <http://www.photobucket.com/mefa09n> or <
http://gs98.photobucket.com/groups/l253/H4V8QY36O4/>.

- Barbara

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:38 PM, kimberli leal <kim@flash.net> wrote:

>
>
> Here is the link and password that I was sent to get in and has been
> working for me.
>
> The link to the account it:
> http://www.photobucket.com/mefa09n
>
> Password is: celebrimbor (all lowercase)
>
> Here is the whole URL/link that shows in my browser when I use that link
> incase the above one link gets funny with you.
>
> http://gs98.photobucket.com/groups/l253/H4V8QY36O4/
>
> BTW, Yahoo frequently likes to break links in e-mails to Yahoo groups ...
> it does it by adding spaces, so if these don't work, all you have to do is
> cut and Paste the last one I gave you into the top of your browser, and
> carefully look for and remove any spaces, and then hit enter, and then it
> will work for you.
>
> Cactuskim
>
> ________________________________
> From: "heartofoshun@aol.com <heartofoshun%40aol.com>" <
> heartofoshun@aol.com <heartofoshun%40aol.com>>
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com <MEFAwards%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 3:28:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: Nomination Banners
>
> Where can I see the banners that are available?
>
> Banners are available at photobucket:
>
> They didnt work for me. Each link took me to Photobucket and said "page
> not found" and invited me to browse "billions" of pictures. Photobucket and
> I
> are not friends in any case, sort of like Yahoo and me.
>
> (I chose the one-a-day email choice for this group on Yahoo three times
> yesterday. And it did not work for me! It claimed it saved the change, but
> did
> not. So here I am again, reading every email, because I have no impulse
> control.)
> ************ **A strong credit score is 700 or above. See Yours in Just 2
> Easy Steps!
> (http://pr.atwola. com/promoclk/ 100126575x122258 5033x1201462753/
> aol?redir= http://www. freecreditreport .com/pm/default. aspx?sc=668072&
> hmpgID=115& b
> cd=Maystrongfooter5 2309NO115)
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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Barbara said: Sometimes you can keep email programs from breaking links if you surround the link with < and >, so the email programs gets fooled into thinking it's an HTML tag.

*glomps Barbara* THANK YOU!!! I have this problem on ALL my yahoo groups and you just solved it for me! *glomps you again*

NiRi

*turns blue*

*carefully loosens NiRi's vise-like grip on her neck*

*takes a big breath*

You're welcome, NiRi! Like I said, I don't remember who I learned this from
originally, but it's been awfully useful.... Glad to pass it on!

- Barbara

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:26 PM, NiRi <equineinclined@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Barbara said: Sometimes you can keep email programs from breaking links if
> you surround the link with < and >, so the email programs gets fooled into
> thinking it's an HTML tag.
>
> *glomps Barbara* THANK YOU!!! I have this problem on ALL my yahoo groups
> and you just solved it for me! *glomps you again*
>
> NiRi
>
>
>


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Berni Crumb wrote:

>
>
>
> I went to the banner page but I'm only seeing up to 2008's banners...
> where's the link to 2009?
> Vorondavë ar linalmië,
> Rhyselle
>

Hi Rhyselle,

Sorry for the confusion. This year we are doing banners through
photobucket rather than through the old MEFA archive. You can access all
2009 nominee banners at

http://www.photobucket.com/mefa09n

You will need the password "celebrimbor" to access this page. From here
you can download banners or use them directly from photobucket. (I.e.
tell a website to display them without having to download them and
reupload them, if your website allows this.)

The link, password, and instructions on how to use banners are
memorialized in the MEFA FAQ for Banner-Makers and Banner-Recipients. See

http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQbanners

Marta

Dawn Felagund wrote:

>
>
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:28 PM, <heartofoshun@aol.com
> <mailto:heartofoshun%40aol.com>> wrote:
> > I chose the one-a-day email choice for this group on Yahoo three times
> > yesterday. And it did not work for me! It claimed it saved the
> change, but
> did
> > not. So here I am again, reading every email, because I have no impulse
> > control.
>

Hi Oshun,

I checked - at the group webpage you are listed as receiving the digest.
So as far as I know, you *should* be receiving "digest" emails, about
one a day. (Sometimes 2-3 if the list is very busy. I think it puts up
to twenty emails in a digest.) I'm not sure what's wrong.

My best guess is Yahoo is being slow. I know when I go no mail sometimes
it takes them a day or two. Sorry I can't help more.

Marta

Why don't you try leaving the yahoo group and rejoining and setting up your daily digest when you join? It might fix it.

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Dawn Felagund wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:28 PM, <heartofoshun@...
> > <mailto:heartofoshun%40aol.com>> wrote:
> > > I chose the one-a-day email choice for this group on Yahoo three times
> > > yesterday. And it did not work for me! It claimed it saved the
> > change, but
> > did
> > > not. So here I am again, reading every email, because I have no impulse
> > > control.
> >
>
> Hi Oshun,
>
> I checked - at the group webpage you are listed as receiving the digest.
> So as far as I know, you *should* be receiving "digest" emails, about
> one a day. (Sometimes 2-3 if the list is very busy. I think it puts up
> to twenty emails in a digest.) I'm not sure what's wrong.
>
> My best guess is Yahoo is being slow. I know when I go no mail sometimes
> it takes them a day or two. Sorry I can't help more.
>
> Marta
>