*HARRUMPH*

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Well, that was unpleasant.

About 3:00 this morning, I FINALLY got the problem sorted out, no thanks to LJ. Their system was not sending out any emails at all for a while there, so it was impossible to obey their validation instructions. I switched emails to Gmail, nothing. I switched back to Yahoo, nothing. Back to Gmail again. JESUS. Finally, somewhere around 2 or so, their system started sending out emails, at least to MY account. Then it took me a while to FIND the damn validation email. I had requested one six or seven times, using different browsers, and after shutting down and rebooting, etc. Only one of them showed up, the one I apparently requested after the email glitch over there stopped glitching. It was hidden in a particular folder I wouldn't have looked in. How did I know that? Someone at LJ provided that answer to a user FIVE WEEKS AGO. They haven't said that to anyone else with this problem since (and there were quite a few people in the queue with it, even more if it's a common complaint among all those requests written in RUSSIAN), so since then, no one has gotten the answer they needed in order to deal with this.

If you were working on a help line, and you had a piece of important information that would help customers with a problem a lot of them are having, wouldn't you let your supervisor or whoever else know about it? So other people could provide the same answer?

And LJ wonders why people take off for other sites. I swear.

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Desktop - Two sheep

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( Click for desktop-size image )

Heartmelt *THUD*

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Here's a plot bunny for you:





Good ol' Santa, always taking time to be kind to the kidlets. And do you know who that is adorably asleep on his lap, dreaming of sugarplums? Can you guess?


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( Wait for it... )

Are you squeeing yet? Has your heart melted out of your chest yet? I'm in a puddle here, myself.

So who wants to run with this bunny?


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Fast - Z/C, Tinyfic

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Here's another one of those little 3-line things. This one off the prompt: fast.


Fast

It's been a month, and Casey is nearly frantic. There's only so much he can take, aching to use his hand, and his frustration is tripled by having to see Zeke in the halls every day, that infuriating little smile on his face as he plays another of his mindfuck games. The feel of those laughing lips on his, those talented fingers tightening painfully in his hair and the rough whisper, "Not until I say," all sear his dreams, and in the middle of the night he clutches his pillow to keep from disobeying, his futile thoughts of revenge no comfort against the knowledge of being owned.

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That stupid validation thing

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Okay, everyone, here's what I know:

The reason all this started happening is that the big email services - Microsoft and Yahoo, and maybe others - are blocking LJ emails because of the volume of emails they send. If you're using one of those two, you won't get any emails of any kind from LJ.

The only workaround at the moment is to switch to a Gmail account. LJ says they're working on getting the others to UNblock emails, but they aren't sure how long it'll take. In the meantime, switch to Gmail. You'll get your emails there.

Oh, and they'll be in the "Social" folder, not the main inbox. (Why the FUCK Gmail thinks the Inbox needs to have THREE separate areas, I don't know. I really hate that service ever since they started all that shit.)

Spread the word!


( And here's a bit of pretty to lighten the mood... )