I Was Spammed!

I was spammed!  Yes, I was.  What do I mean by that?  It all started last year during the Tuesday Challenge for the Slice of Life.  One day when I posted my blog piece I noticed that it did not appear on the list.  I waited, thinking the server was busy, and checked again.  Still, my post was not there.  Hmm...maybe I did something wrong.  Ray (my computer programmer husband) says that things are usually "user error" unless the program has glitches....the Slice has been going on for years...so, I figured that it was user error.  I posted again...still it did not appear.  I used a different computer....still nothing.  I changed from using Internet Explorer to using Chrome.
                                                              Still, nothing.

That was last year....and I found that sometimes my post would appear a lot later....or if I tried once an hour....sometimes it would finally work.  But most of the time it did not work.  I finally stopped trying....partly because of that, and partly because I was dealing with a lot of issues following the death of my dear friend, Rae.

So, when March arrived, I questioned whether to try the March Challenge.  I decided to do it.  I enjoy reading the other blogs and reading comments.  I had missed the community of familiar names...the variety of blogs...hearing how the new baby is doing...feeling sad when someone has had a loss...being joyful at accomplishments....and reading with wonder at the talented posts of prose and poems. 

When my first post showed up in the list I was delighted!  Yay....it works again!  And then...the day before yesterday....my blog did not appear.  I posted it a number of times and finally, in late afternoon I saw it.  Then, yesterday, again my blog did not appear...and it never showed up no matter how many times I tried.  I mentioned this to Cathy Mere...and she must have told Betsy Hubbard.  Betsy found out that my posts had been going to the SPAM folder!  How odd...but at least I know it was not "user error!"   The only problem is....Betsy will have to check the spam folder everyday to see if my post is hanging out in there.  I hate that she has to do this...but grateful that I can continue to be part of this community. 

Thanks, Cathy and Betsy...and all of the other bloggers who have made this challenge fun and rewarding.