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It's possible that Fig Leaf Forum failed to process your subscription for some reason (mistakes do happen). It's more likely, however, that something is interfering with the delivery of your newsletters. Spam protection and content filters are more common and more aggressive than ever before, and these publications often contain words that might trigger action (naked, nude and nudity, for example). Certain types of spam protection require users to "whitelist" or otherwise approve the addresses of trusted senders. Fig Leaf Forum sends mail from two different addresses and they both need to be exempted from spam filters (see the Important Notice above). The newsletter is a fairly large document (usually about 60-65kb), and that can also occasionally pose problems for some e-mail services. Please contact Fig Leaf Forum if you fail to receive your newsletters.

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I was receiving my subscription regularly and then it stopped coming. Why?

This could happen for a number of reasons. You may have changed your e-mail address and neglected to notify Fig Leaf Forum. You, your Internet Service Provider or your Web Mail Provider may have implemented or upgraded spam protection that is now blocking or redirecting mail from Fig Leaf Forum. Your e-mail account may have been suspended, over quota or otherwise inactive at the time recent mailings were sent to you. Three consecutive bounces (mail returns) deactivates a subscription. Please contact Fig Leaf Forum if you think you need to reactivate your subscription.

I have received newsletters every month but didn't get one in December. Why?

Subscribers are reminded that Fig Leaf Forum's newsletters are published ten months per year, which means there will be two four-week periods each year with no newsletters.

Can I receive newsletters by e-mail in HTML instead of plain text?

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Can I obtain back issues?

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How do I subscribe to your printed edition?

Fig Leaf Forum's printed newsletter was discontinued in December, 2009.