Mar
12
Written by:
Mr. Thumper
3/12/2011 8:06 AM
Maintaining this website with all the stuff can be, well, challenging.
Before I send out the notorious news e mails, sometimes called "The Pin End", not to be confused with "pin head", I do a fair amount of testing and send e mails to my 4 e mail accounts. Got to be sure the formatting is right, links work etc.
Yesterday, for some ungodly reason, the system would not send out any e mails. I tried to chase down all the cryptic error messages, check, rechecked, deleted, and reinstated settings ALL OVER THE PLACE in an effort to get the mails to send. Wouldn't work, and I was beginning to change stuff I had no business touching in the first place.
After resigning myself to the prospect that all my grand ambitions were dashed by the anti-christ I sit in front of and slave myself to for hours on end at the expense of domestic tranquility, I arose at 4:00 am and just had to get back to it.
I opened up my main e mail and there they are. ALL 20 TEST E MAILS WERE IN THE IN BOX. Even the inappropriate body text of the last 5 I sent.
So now I have sent them for real. Scheduled of course so I am nervous.
You test, test, test, and then you get as comfortable as you can get with formatting, links working, etc etc. Something about clicking "finish" or "send" or "submit" that is like pulling the trigger. No taking it back.
If its all there like you expected, you have that euphoric feeling. But, if its not, recovery time varies with the individual.