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There are a lot of basic questions on Mail Art that are often asked and answered. This group might be the first place to look for answers. I will do my best to answer, but hope that other members can help out as well.
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  • Coco Muchmore

    Lol--How do you tag someone when you post a comment?

  • Daniel de Culla

    It's a Goal or the Keeper stops the Ball?

  • Richard Canard

    21.08.21 Dare Ms. Coco Muchmore, ...If one is in the game-- then, "posting a comment" is the same as "tagging someone". Of course, sometimes one feels the need to  tag someone twice in order to declare that they are in fact "it." I think Mister de Culla is saying something somewhat similar. SinCelery, Richard Canard

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    I am frustratec. I have added many photos to my groups. I have spent an hour today and can't remember how to do it. I go to the icon above for photos but I can't get to photos on my fire tablet. I can get to camera but when I take a picture I can't attach it. 

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    I was able to switch to my phone and add a photo..so please dont spend any time on my last post.

  • Ilya Semenenko-Basin

    Hello, Ficus strangulensis. You're quite right, it's a letter from Nick Johnson from Eugene, Oregon.

  • Kathy Barnett

    Is there a way to upload more than 5 photos a day? 

  • David Stafford

    I saw a mail art call recently that was something like "Words and Images, Images and Words" but I lost track of the address. Anyone know anything about that call?

  • Ficus strangulensis

    I got this 26 August and was preparing to respond but do not know who sent it. Valdor? It appears to be a response to a submission of mine but I am not able to recall one.

    Can anyone help?

  • Amy Candiotti

    I have a friend who joined IUOMA, but then lost her password.  How can she re-set her password? 

  • Alan Brignull

    Amy, when you first sign in and enter your email address, beneath the password box there is a line saying "Forgot your password?" — click that

  • Amy Candiotti

    Thanks, Alan! 

  • Carien van Hest

    I cannot see the names of the Members Online anymore (blanc screen). How can I fix that?

  • Ficus strangulensis

    in response to the question on how to post a picture to a group I've done it here. put cursor inside the message window and then click on the icon for 'add image'.

  • Ray Haley

    I saw something here (in IUOMA) about "Train Art mail" and would like some information about it. Unfortunately, I can't find my way back to where I saw it to begin with!

    Please advise.

    Thanks, Ray Haley

  • William M

    Ray, I think that may be the project Paulo Teles is doing.

    https://read.bookcreator.com/jmA9Yfz1gDQGhbPDw7OYpYMx54k1/lA4OG8VuQ...

  • Ficus strangulensis

    Another possibility is to look at your browser's history and search it for the words such as "train art mail"

  • Ray Haley

    thanks

  • Mim Golub Scalin

    Wow, I totally missed that mail art call so thanks for posting the link to the book by Paulo Teles, William M. That is just wonderful. I love how he created that book.

  • Eva Amity

    How do  I post my photos here now.  I have some inform the past., I joined in 2015.   I tried  to post photos  several times last spring.

     I have asked friends on this site, & have tried different ways, they say they don't know either.  

    I tried the mobile phone email photos last week, nothing posted

  • Ficus strangulensis

    like this, Eva? just click on the image icon above and browse to y'r image.

  • Sharon Silverman

    How can I locate Mail Artists from Romania. A person sent me art but I can not read their name?

  • Alan Brignull

    If you think they may be on IUOMA, go to the 'Mail Artists Profiles' tab at the top of this page, choose 'Overview All Members' then 'Advanced Search' and select Romania. There are 33 on the list to choose from.

  • Margaret Jeddry

    Rec’d this envelope with goodies last week.  It was opened carelessly.  Can someone help me identify “Katie” in Munich?  Thank you!

  • Mim Golub Scalin

    Margaret J, Check out CutandTear, I think that's your sender. 

  • Daniel de Culla

    Beata Leocadia Ora Pro Nobis

  • Daniel de Culla

    Poca agua

  • Dame Mailarta

    Has anyone heard from Dorian recently? . .  His mail was just turned . . 

  • Daniel de Culla

    Me no, Mailarta.

  • Daniel de Culla

    Dame Mailarta, Dorian passed away on November 26, 2021.

     Nota de falecimento: senhor Dórian Esteves Ribas Marinho

    O Poder Judiciário de Santa Catarina, com pesar, comunica o falecimento do senhor Dórian Esteves Ribas Marinho, pai da juíza Cláudia Ribas Marinho, atual titular da Vara de Execuções Penais da comarca de Itajaí. O óbito ocorreu em Balneário Camboriú. O pai da magistrada era advogado e foi, por muitos anos, presidente da Comissão de Direitos Humanos da OAB.

  • Mim Golub Scalin

    Obrigada Daniel for this sad news. 

  • Mail Art Martha

    Sorry to say goodbye to Dorian. I had not been intouch recently but we did exchanged work frequently in thr past.

  • Mim Golub Scalin

    The Judiciary of Santa Catarina, with regret, communicates the death of Mr. Dórian Esteves Ribas Marinho, father of Judge Cláudia Ribas Marinho, current holder of the Court of Criminal Executions of the district of Itajaí. The death occurred in Balneário Camboriú. The magistrate's father was a lawyer and was, for many years, president of the OAB Human Rights Commission.

  • Heleen de Vaan

    So sad news...

    Also I hadn't been in touch recently, but was lucky to receive mail art some years ago. I love his typical style, which you can see here, accompanied by a list he had added, of (a part of) his exhibi....

  • Susan Weisberg

    Does anyone know if mail art--or mail of any kind--is reaching people in Ukraine?

  • Mim Golub Scalin

    Good question, Susan. I sent mail recently

    hoping it would get there, but I have doubts that it will. 
    i hope I’m wrong. 

  • Susan Weisberg

    I've stopped receiving email notifications when I get messages, comments, or replies even those boxes are checked in my Settings. How can I correct this?

  • Daniel de Culla

    I think no. 

  • carl baker

    why does the ampersand(&) appear as & in titles of discussions and messages? thats kinda annoying, this ning thing has too many glitches.

  • Bradford

    Good question Carl!  It's definitely a coding quirk that shoulda been fixed a long time ago.  Character translation/rendering is not that hard nowadays.  Using a common character as a reserved delimiter or other function should be a thing of the past (waayy past).

  • carl baker

    thanks bradford,well said.

  • Margaret Jeddry

    Can someone explain to me how Ryosuke Cohen’s Brain Cell project works?  Thank you in advance.

  • William M

    Margaret, you send him a rubber stamped image (I usually stamp one on a postcard and write in ball point pen with an arrow pointing at it "for braincell"). Once he has enough he sends out a braincell and every participant gets a copy. You can participate by sending stickers as well - but unlike with rubber stamped images there's a number required for stickers and I forget just what that number is.

  • Margaret Jeddry

    Thank you, William

  • Heleen de Vaan

    The amount of stickers to send is 150.

    Usually I send him an original stamp design, a black and white drawing (postcard sized).

  • Maxima Strange

    I haven’t been able to see photos on this site for 2 days. Is anyone else having that problem?

  • KS

    When I’m uploading photos they will upload on the wrong orientation. The original will be correct/vertical and they upload horizontally no matter the size and I can’t flip them. Is there a fix I’m missing?
  • maha

    how to delete upload viedo  from my vedio 

  • Bindu P V

    Where and how to post call for art in IUOMA.

    Given below is the details:

    Hi all, Posting herewith the theme list for the next 6 months of International Mail Art exhibition at White Sanctum Art Gallery in Bangalore, India. E-certificates will be provided to all participant artists for the month their works are exhibited. Kindly email your photograph, a brief resume and photographs of your work while posting them physically to the address provided in this post. These details are for providing a short introduction about the artist in the online mode of the exhibition in facebook, along with the offline exhibition in the art gallery in Bangalore, India. 

  • Ficus strangulensis

    Is it true that David Stanley Aponte is mailarting from a new address in NJ?