The Poopdeck

A newsletter with "pirattitude"

• Note for AoL and Yahoo users
• Poopdeck archives
• Now available as an RSS feed!

The Poopdeck is an occasional newsletter produced by Ol' Chumbucket hisself, with occasional contributions from Cap'n Slappy, when he's not busy handin' out piratical advice. It's distributed by e-mail only, on nothing resembling a regular schedule. To keep abreast o' the Pirate Guys and the news about International Talk Like A Pirate Day, just go here:

http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/poopdeck

and fill in the requisite information . Make sure yer usin' a valid e-mail address, or ye'll never get the thing! And keep in mind that yer subscription has t'go through an actual human being who has a day job, so don't panic if you don't get confirmation right away. Subscribing over and over won't make it happen any faster.

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If ye've signed up but aren't gettin' the newsletter, first check below to make sure we've sent one out (we're a tad sporadic). If so, then check yer spam filters - those of ye with "white lists" need t'add chumbucket@talklikeapirate.com, poopdeck@peak.org and poopdeck@maillist.peak.org to the addresses permitted t' send ye e-mail. Be warned: If yer mailbox is full, the Poopdeck will bounce back to us, and we'll send yer subscription to Davy Jones' locker. So check yer e-mail!

AoL periodically blocks all mail from the the list server that hosts The Poopdeck, claiming it be a spam-haven. That's a blasted lie, and every time it happens our tech-support mateys have to persuade AoL to lift the block, which they do ... eventually. But in the meantime, our AoL subscribers may miss the newsletter.

We've also discovered that yahoo.com is blocking the newsletters as having "too many addresses" (yeah, at 1800-plus of you, we can see their point).

If ye use AoL or yahoo.com and wish to read The Poopdeck, you have four options:

• Contact the your provider's tech support and persuade them to unblock maillist.peak.org; tell them they are preventing you from getting an opt-in newsletter you signed up for and wish to receive.
• Subscribe via a alternate mail account with a different provider (there are numerous free e-mail services out there)
• Get yerself feed reader and subscribe to the RSS version. Most newer browsers have feed readers built right in!
• Read the Poopdeck here

We reget the inconvenience caused by the dastardly spammers who cause this kind o' thing in the first place.