The HARRA email list manager retired from the position a month ago, so I set the club up with an option via our web hosting. Every 10 days or so, I send out an email update. This process has worked well for the past 4 emails. Last night I sent out the April 20 email and this morning I awoke to find that it came through the system as a long string of Chinese characters. Unreadable. So now I’m dealing with the web host trying to get them to figure out the problem while also resetting my email count, because I’m only allowed to send so many emails per month. And last night I sent an email that got turned into gibberish to 1,500 people. 1,500 emails of junk. UGH.
An assortment of responses:
“Sorry, my Chinese is not up to snuff.”
“Your announcement is not coming through on my computer, just a lot of jubberish stuff.”
“You’re kidding, right?”
“Yikes! It looks like someone has hijacked the HARRA list!”
“No message. Everything garbled.”
And my favorite:
“Is this some kind of joke?”
Yes, yes it is, because I enjoy sending junk to 1,500 people and answering the ensuing dozens of confused inquiries.
I’m so glad we’re going to a new website and membership system soon.
In the meantime, the email has been posted on the HARRA website.
Sounds like a fun sprint tri, Im just leary of the no wet suit swim, its so my crutch!
Let me know if you sign up.
rockon`
I was going to email you about the Chinese in my first-thing-in-the-morning stupor but fortunately it occured to me “she knows, and she’s hating it”. Trust for every message you received 5 people showed due restraint.
Yeah, I saw the email and my first thought was all the responses Sarah is going to get. Sorry for your pain.
That’s cool about the radio kit. I was in Fry’s last weekend looking at all the stuff and wondering if my kids are old enough. I think you just pushed me over the edge. Fry’s is literally 5 minutes from my House, so I’ll be going up there today. Thanks!
Eek, I guess I should apologize now if I sent you a lame email. Thanks for handling it. 🙂