Cider Digest #1230

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Subject: Cider Digest #1230, 6 June 2005 
From: cider-request@talisman.com 

 
Cider Digest #1230                                         6 June 2005 

                 Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Do you want to keep getting digests?  (better read this) (Cider Digest Admin) 
  Bottling Cider ("ROBT BOURKE") 

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Subject: Do you want to keep getting digests?  (better read this) 
From: cider-request@talisman.com (Cider Digest Admin) 
Date: Wed,  1 Jun 2005 11:32:35 -0600 (MDT) 

Listen up, everyone...grumpy janitor is on a rant here, but this is 
important if you want to keep receiving your digests.  (Same note is going 
to mead and cider digests.) 

I've been having more problems lately with mail servers rejecting digests 
because of bulk-email blocking, spam filtering, content rejection, etc. 
The rejections are bogus, and generally I get no useful information back 
from the rejecting server, so there's no way I can "fix" the problem other 
than by contacting the postmaster or some other admin address at the 
recipient's site.  This is tedious at the least, and more often than not, 
it doesn't work because nobody reads and handles the admin mail.  I'm 
getting fed up with dealing with bad mail software and lazy ISPs. 

Between the two lists, there are 1600 subscribers.  Can you figure out that 
I don't have time to give personal service to each one of you? 

So here's the deal:  If I get a rejection from your mail server on a 
digest, for a bogus reason like content rejection, alleged bulk-mail, 
etc., I'll make a note of it but keep you on the list. 
If I get another rejection on the very next digest, OR if I get repeated 
rejections over a short period (even if some digests appear to get through) 
I will take you off the list.  You will NOT be notified (duh!...because I 
can't get mail to you). 

Your job: 
  * If you know you have a persnickety mail server, make arrangements to 
    white-list the digest.  White-listing isn't a bad idea anyway, if you 
    know how to do it easily. 
  * If you get notified that mail from the digest was blocked, you better 
    fix it before a second digest gets blocked and I yank you off the list. 
  * If you don't see a digest in more than a week, you should figure that 
    you've been removed from the list.  In that case, FIRST find out why 
    your mail isn't getting through, THEN contact me to get back on the 
    list.  (Use the -request address for that sort of stuff.) 

Apropos the last point, I'm going to be sure that there's at least one 
digest a week even if the content is thin, so that you'll be able to tell 
if you've stopped receiving digests.  (Today's digest is an example of just 
such a digest.)  If there's going to be a longer time gap in digests (if I 
go on vacation, die, whatever...) I'll put a note in the last digest before 
the delay period.  You can also check the digest archives on the Web to 
see if an issue has come out since the last one you received.  URL for 
the archives is in the header of each digest. 

Reminder: the address to use for any mail or subscription problems is the 
  -request address, which is shown at the top of every digest. 

Help me keep the email moving and keep the digests fun. 
- --- 
Cider Digest                                  cider-request@talisman.com 
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor                  Boulder County, Colorado  USA 

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Subject: Bottling Cider 
From: "ROBT BOURKE" <rpbourke@verizon.net> 
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 05:28:26 -0400 

    I am a novice cider maker. I have 15 gallons of three different 
types of cider that is ready to bottle. My question is this: Is it O.K. 
to use half gallon "growler" brown glass beer bottles with screw tops? 
It obviously is fine to use with beer. Bottling with half gallon bottles 
will reduce the need for washing/sanitizing alot of pint bottles. I 
guess I am concerned about the seal of the screw top. Any replies will 
be appreciated. Bob Bourke rpbourke@verizon.net. 
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