Hi, I also filter with Eudora light. So #3 please! and no reply to all exists for me. At 09:41 PM 9/10/02 -0400, you wrote: >At 11:58 AM -0500 9/10/02, Ron Nossaman wrote: >>Can't incoming mail be filtered into specific mailboxes from a >>keyword anywhere in the subject line? If so, #2 should come closest >>to satisfying everyone. > >I pity the poor email client software whose mailbox filtering can >only be done on the Subject field. It must be a real wall-flower next >to more capable software. For my "PTx" box, the filtering is done in >the From field. > >I vote for #3. We should implement it, and those people on the list >who don't know have to filter will surface in the next few weeks, >with their complaints. We can talk each of them through the filtering >set-up, until there are none left who would prefer #1. > >At 1:16 PM -0400 9/10/02, Wimblees@aol.com wrote: >>I'm sorry Jon, but not setting up a piano tech mailbox to filter >>messages is not a matter of being lazy. It's a matter of not knowing >>how. I am sure I am not the only computer illiterate piano tech out >>there. It's just one more thing I shouldn't have to learn just to be >>on this list. >> >>Wim > >Oh boy, our first customer. <g> Wim, what email software are you >using (and what OS)? > > >Bill Ballard RPT >NH Chapter, P.T.G. > >"All God's Children got Rhythm" > ...........Ivy Anderson in "A Day at the Races" >+++++++++++++++++++++ > >At 10:26 AM -0600 9/10/02, Andy Rudoff wrote: >>One of them is the ability to put >>"footers" on each message. I must say I don't really like doing that, >>since it adds to the noise and when people quote a message they often >>leave the footer in the quoted portion and you get to see it again >>and again. But it also potentially cuts down on the number of times >>I have to re-send the FAQ, remind people how to get on and off the list, >>or even step in and handle someone's subscription myself. So unless I >>hear strong objections, I'm thinking we'll leave the footers on at >>least for a while. > >I agree that the list should be as autonomous as possible, requiring >your attention as seldom as possible. But the addition of seven lines >of list service addresses is an even worse waste of visual space that >the "[pianotech]" Subject prefix (although it appears not to add more >than 1K to the text). > >How's'bout: > 1.) a single line address for the FAQ. > 2.) adding the full seven lines to the first post stored on >the server at the beginning of each week (say, 12:01AM, Mondays >mornings). Of course assuming that your list software is >sophisticated enough to make this option more than a simple on/off >choice. That would send it out weekly. > >Bill Ballard RPT >NH Chapter, P.T.G. > >"When writing a mental note, first procure a mental piece of paper" > ............mental graffitti >+++++++++++++++++++++ >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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