Updates

This is a complete update of Troubles for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Sorry for the delay! The following fanlistings were removed on December 8th:

Removed from Network (OPEN for application)
Sewing; Universal Studios Hollywood: Revenge of the Mummy-The Ride

Removed from Troubles (NOT OPEN for application)
Disney: Big Thunder Mountain; Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere; Disney: Splash Mountain; Disney: Star Tours

This is a complete update of Troubles for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

The following fanlistings have until tomorrow, December 8th, to both email me and fix their problems!

Pending Removal
Disney: Big Thunder Mountain; Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere; Disney: Splash Mountain; Disney: Star Tours; Sewing; Universal Studios Hollywood: Revenge of the Mummy-The Ride

Removed from Troubles (NOT OPEN for application)
Sending and Receiving Text Messages (SMS)

Extensions Granted
21 December: Shopping: Online

Readded to Network
The following fanlisting was mistakenly removed from the network and has been readded.

Joining Fanlistings

This is a complete update of all for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Upcoming
Joining Fanlistings; Wrapping Presents

Finished
Gardening

Closed (OPEN for application)
Laughing

Removed
The following fanlistings were removed from the network on November 11th.
Clubbing (Going Out); Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean; Disney: Matterhorn Bobsleds; Diving; Home Videos; Roleplaying; Working Out

Troubles
The following fanlistings have until December 7th to both fix their problem and email me.

Inactivity: 2+ Months:
Disney: Big Thunder Mountain; Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere; Disney: Splash Mountain; Disney: Star Tours; Sending and Receiving Text Messages (SMS); Sewing

Deadlink 404/403:
Shopping: Online; Universal Studios Hollywood: Revenge of the Mummy-The Ride

This is a complete update of Troubles for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Sorry for the delay. The following fanlistings have until Sunday, November 11th to both email me and fix their problems, otherwise they will be removed from the network.

Pending Removal (NOT OPEN for application)
Clubbing (Going Out); Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean; Disney: Matterhorn Bobsleds; Diving; Home Videos; Knitting; Roleplaying; Working Out

Removed from Troubles (NOT OPEN for application)
Camping; Carousels / Merry-Go-Rounds; Circuses; Joining Fanlistings; Sending and Receiving Text Messages (SMS); Showering;

Closed (OPEN for application
Making: Desktop Wallpaper; Quilting

Extensions Granted
November 18th: Yoga

This is a complete update of all forms for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Upcoming
Gardening

Finished
Book Clubs; Cloud Gazing; Walking

Closed (OPEN for application)
Eating; Hugging

Troubles
The following fanlistings have until Thursday, November 8th to both fix their problems and email me. This is a complete update of the category and all forms.

Dead Link: 403/404 Error
Carousels/Merry-Go-Rounds; Home Videos; Joining Fanlistings; Showering; Working Out;

Inactivity: 2+ Months
Circuses; Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean; Disney: Matterhorn Bobsleds; Knitting; Quilting; ROleplaying; Sending and Receiving Text Messages (SMS)

Script Error
Camping; Yoga

Too Long on Upcoming
Clubbing (Going Out); Diving; Making: Desktop Wallpaper

This is a complete update of applications, finished, updated, and closed for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Upcoming Hobbies and Recreation
Cloud Gazing; Making: Desktop Wallpaper; Hugging; Reading Groups; Walking

Finished:
Giving Blood; Making: Icons

Updated:
Knitting; Massages; Rollercoasters; Surfing the Web; Travel: Backpacking

This is a complete update of Troubles for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Removed from Troubles (NOT OPEN for application)
Carousels/Merry-Go-Rounds;

Removed from Network (OPEN for application)
Collecting: Coins; Hiking; Hugging; Mail Art; Singing: In the Shower; Walking

Closed (OPEN for application)
Collecting: Lipgloss/Lip Balm; Collecting: Tea

Extensions Granted
6 September 2007: Making: Icons

This is a complete update of Troubles, Finished, Updated, and Closed for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Removed from Troubles (NOT OPEN for application)
Activism; Baking; Disney: Indiana Jones Adventure; Fishkeeping

Pending Removal
Carousels/Merry-Go-Rounds; Collecting: Coins; Collecting: Lipgloss/Lip Balm; Collecting: Tea; Hiking; Hugging; Mail Art; Making: Icons; Singing: In the Shower; Walking

Finished:
Laughing; Performing

Updated:
Camping; Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean; Volunteering

Closed:
Collecting: Hinged Boxes

This is a complete update of all forms for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Upcoming:
Clubbing (Going Out); Diving; Giving Blood; Laughing; Performing

Finished:
Collecting: Stamps; Daydreaming; Grilling/Barbecueing; Making: Reborn Dolls; Pole Dancing; Swings; Talking

Updated:
Taking Bubble Baths; Disney: Matterhorn; Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean; Playing Piano;

Troubles:
The following fanlistings have until Monday, August 27th to both correct their problem and email me.

404/403 Error: Activism; Baking; Carousels/Merry-Go-Rounds; Collecting: Hinged Boxes; Home Videos; Mail Art

Script Errors: Disney: Indiana Jones Adventure

Inactivity: 2+ Months: Fishkeeping; Walking

Too Long on Upcoming: Collecting: Coins; Collecting: Lipgloss/Lip Balm; Collecting: Tea; Hiking; Hugging; Making: Icons; Singing: In the Shower;

This is a complete update of all forms for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Finished
Circuses; Making: Candles; Making: Stained Glass; Singing: In The Car

Upcoming
Collecting: Stamps; Daydreaming; Making: Icons; Pole Dancing; Swings; Talking

Updated Info
Mazes and Labyrinths; Rollercoasters; Scrapbooking; Traveling: Backpacking

The following fanlistings are overdue. Owners have until July 22 to send in finished forms and reply to the troubles email, or the fanlistings will be removed from the network and re-open for application.

Overdue
Collecting: Coins; Collecting: Lipgloss/Lip Balm; Collecting: Tea; Grilling/Barbecueing; Hiking; Hugging; Singing: In The Shower

This is a complete update of all forms for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

This update includes all forms received through today, with the exception of applications for subjects removed on or after June 9.

Upcoming
Circuses; Grilling/Barbecueing; Making: Candles; Making: Stained Glass; Rollerskating; Singing: In The Car.

Updated
Dancing; Driving; Scrapbooking; Swimming Pools; Traveling.

Finished
Rollerskating; Volunteering.

Removed from Troubles (NOT open for application)
Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere.

Removed from Troubles (OPEN for application)
Collecting: Stamps; Daydreaming; Journaling; Making: Icons; Playing Guitar; Swings.

This is a complete update of troubles for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal on June 10. If your fanlisting is listed below, please reply to the troubles email and fix the problem, or the fanlisting will be removed from the network and open for application.

Dead link
Journaling; Making: Icons.

Inactivity: 2 Months +
Collecting: Stamps; Daydreaming; Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere; Playing Guitar; Swings.

Navigation: Broken Pages
Daydreaming.

Removed from Troubles (NOT open for application)
Carousels / Merry-Go-Rounds; Making: Jewelry; Making: Reborn Dolls; Quilting.

Removed from Troubles (OPEN for application)
Exercising.

This is a complete update of troubles for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal on June 6. If your fanlisting is listed below, please reply to the troubles email and fix the problem, or the fanlisting will be removed from the network and open for application.

Dead link
Carousels / Merry-Go-Rounds; Exercising; Journaling; Making: Icons

Inactivity: 2 Months +
Collecting: Stamps; Daydreaming; Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere; Making: Jewelry; Making: Reborn Dolls; Playing Guitar; Swings

Inactivity: 2 Months + (0 Pending)
Quilting

Navigation: Broken Pages
Daydreaming

This is a update of for the Songs: Various, Songs: Male Solo, Sports, Stage/Theatre, Transportation, Toys/Collectibles, Songs: Female Solo, Relationships: TV, Politics and Organisations, Places, Radio, Relationships: Book/Movie, Relationships: Real Life, TV Shows, TV/Movie/Book Miscellany, Hobbies and Recreation, Songs: Bands/Groups N-Z, Objects, Calendar Events, Companies, Academia, Songs: Bands/Groups 0-M, People Miscellany, Webmasters, Personalities, Websites, Sports Entertainment, Advertising/TV Channels, Nature, Mythology/Religion, Authors/Writers, Arts and Design, Literature, Characters: Book/Movie, Comics, Characters: TV, Animation, Animals, Actors, Awards, Actresses, Adult, Albums, Computer Miscellany and Internet, Directors/Producers, Movies, Models, Music Miscellany, Musicians: Bands/Groups, Musicians: Male, Musicians: Female, Miscellaneous, Magazines/Newspapers, Fashion/Beauty, Episodes, Food/Drinks, Games, History/Royalty, General category.

As you may know, TFL has been having a number of problems with sending e-mail to Hotmail.com addresses. After further investigation of this problem we have decided to ban the use of Hotmail.com addresses (and its sub-services, hotmail.co.uk; msn.com; live.com). This will affect all applications sent after Sunday May 20, 2007, and all future forms sent by Hotmail users.

Our issues with Hotmail are long-standing and no satisfactory resolution is currently in sight. Since we can not guarantee that TFL e-mails will reach our visitors, and because we have tried all viable solutions to fix this problem, we feel that banning Hotmail addresses is the only solution available to us.

We are in the process of informing fanlisting owners with Hotmail.com e-mail addresses of our problems with the service and how this will affect future interaction with TFL. If you do have a Hotmail.com e-mail address we request that you update your e-mail address at the Network as quickly as possible and supply us with a valid, working non-Hotmail address to list your current and upcoming fanlistings under.

To do this, please e-mail us at changeemail@thefanlistings.org FROM your current Hotmail.com account, and include your new e-mail address in the body of your e-mail. Please do not use the Change E-mail forms — there is no guarantee that they will send you the appropriate verification e-mail. Please e-mail us directly from your TFL Hotmail account.

If you choose to keep your fanlistings under your Hotmail.com address:

• You risk not receiving important network notices regarding your fanlisting and network changes.
• You will not be able to apply for new fanlistings. Hotmail.com addresses will be rejected by our application form.
• TFL will not take responsibility for non-delivery of TFL e-mail to your inbox. For example, if your fanlistings are troubled and the troubles notice does not arrive in your inbox due to our problems with Hotmail, TFL will not be held responsible if your fanlistings are removed from the network when no troubles response is received from you.

Please Note: We have done our best to contact the 890 Hotmail users listed in our database. If you have not received an urgent notice from TFL regarding Hotmail usage, then your e-mail address bounced for reasons related to: account inactivity, full mailbox, or invalid address.

We have included a full text copy of the e-mail behind the cut for those of you who have not received this message.

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This is a complete update of all forms for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Closed
Making: Codes/Buttons; Making: Layouts

Finished
Collecting: DVDs; Disneyland: Pirates of the Caribbean; Ordering Take-Out; Penpalling

Upcoming
Collecting: Coins; Volunteering

Updated Info
Camping; Collecting: Beanie Babies; Collecting: Refrigerator magnets; Collecting: Souvenirs; Graphic Designing; Instant Messaging/Messengers; Mail Art; Mushroom Picking; Sleeping In; Swimming Pools; Swimming Pools; Traveling; Wishing

This is a announcement update of TFL Updates for the Songs: Various, Songs: Male Solo, Sports, Stage/Theatre, Transportation, Toys/Collectibles, Songs: Female Solo, Songs: Bands/Groups, Politics and Organisations, Places, Radio, Relationships: Book/Movie, Relationships: TV, Relationships: Real Life, TV Shows, TV/Movie/Book Miscellany, Hobbies and Recreation, Songs: Bands/Groups N-Z, Objects, Calendar Events, Companies, Academia, Songs: Bands/Groups 0-M, People Miscellany, Webmasters, Personalities, Websites, Sports Entertainment, Advertising/TV Channels, Nature, Mythology/Religion, Literature, Authors/Writers, Characters: Book/Movie, Characters: TV, Computer Miscellany and Internet, Comics, Arts and Design, Animation, Actors, Awards, Actresses, Adult, Animals, Albums, Directors/Producers, Episodes, Movies, Models, Music Miscellany, Musicians: Bands/Groups, Musicians: Male, Musicians: Female, Miscellaneous, Magazines/Newspapers, Fashion/Beauty, Fan Works, Food/Drinks, Games, History/Royalty, General category.

Good news! After several test e-mails, TFL e-mails are finally getting where they belong! We are expecting TFL updates to get back up and running shortly. We do apologise for the extended delay with resolving this issue - as Ally said earlier, we were waiting to hear back from e-mail providers and were unable to hurry them along. The senior staff is very grateful to Ally for all her work on this issue!

A warning to all Hotmail.com users - while e-mail is getting through, Hotmail is placing the e-mail into the “Junk Mail” folder. Please be sure to check your Junk Mail folder regularly for TFL mail! Should you find any TFL e-mail in the junk folder, you will need to select “Not Junk” on the e-mail to ensure future e-mail is sent straight to the Inbox.

Staffers will be re-sending e-mail to Hotmail.com users that was sent in early April (before we realised TFL was being blocked).

It will be good to be back up and running again; we have all missed the updates! Be prepared for a busy updating period! :)

This is a announcement update of e-mail problems for the Songs: Various, Songs: Male Solo, Sports, Stage/Theatre, Transportation, Toys/Collectibles, Songs: Female Solo, Songs: Bands/Groups, Politics and Organisations, Places, Radio, Relationships: Book/Movie, Relationships: TV, Relationships: Real Life, TV Shows, TV/Movie/Book Miscellany, Hobbies and Recreation, Songs: Bands/Groups N-Z, Objects, Calendar Events, Companies, Academia, Songs: Bands/Groups 0-M, People Miscellany, Webmasters, Personalities, Websites, Sports Entertainment, Advertising/TV Channels, Nature, Mythology/Religion, Literature, Authors/Writers, Characters: Book/Movie, Characters: TV, Computer Miscellany and Internet, Comics, Arts and Design, Animation, Actors, Awards, Actresses, Adult, Animals, Albums, Directors/Producers, Episodes, Movies, Models, Music Miscellany, Musicians: Bands/Groups, Musicians: Male, Musicians: Female, Miscellaneous, Magazines/Newspapers, Fashion/Beauty, Fan Works, Food/Drinks, Games, History/Royalty, General category.

It has been brought to our attention that mail to hotmail.com, for some accounts, has been bouncing back to TFL with the notice that hotmail.com is blocking it. As hotmail.com is a huge e-mail service, we are holding all TFL updates until we can have TFL unblocked. The senior staff is also currently looking into confirming with other large free e-mail hosts (Gmail; Yahoo) that the Network is not being black-listed.

All TFL updates are being held. Please do not worry about troubled fanlistings being removed or whether your form has gotten through at this stage. Once we have figured out and resolved the e-mail problems, forms will likely be re-sent, or we will have a leniancy period for those e-mail addresses that have recently had problems.

We apologise for these recent problems, we’ve been rather surprised by them too. We will update you as we gather more data about the problems, as well as what solutions we will be seeking (there are several that are free, but a few that may cost the Network financially). Thank you for your patience!

We have a thread over at the board about this issue. Please see here if you have any questions.

This is a complete update of all forms for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Upcoming Hobbies and Recreation
Collecting: DVDs; Collecting: Lipgloss/Lip Balm; Collecting: Tea; Making: Codes/Buttons; Making: Layouts; Ordering Take-out

Finished Hobbies and Recreation
Collecting: Recipes; Looking: Out the Window

Moved Hobbies and Recreation
Collecting: Hinged Boxes; Day Trips; Eating

This is a complete update of all forms for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Upcoming Hobbies and Recreation
Collecting: Recipes; Hiking; Hugging; Looking Out the Window; Penpalling; Singing: In The Shower

Cross-listed Hobbies and Recreation
Crosswords; Jigsaw Puzzles

Finished Hobbies and Recreation
Traveling: Backpacking

Removed from Troubles (not open for application)
Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere

This is a complete update of troubles for the Hobbies and Recreation category.

Extension Granted
Extension to 31 January 2007: Disney: MGM Studios: Streetmosphere
Extension to 18 February 2007: Making: Icons

Removed from Troubles (open for application)
Collecting: Recipes; Disney: Test Track; Fishing; Penpalling