[pianotech] new list features

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:56:51 -0600


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"
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>
>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
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>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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