[pianotech] new list features

[Elian Degen J.]

Andy,

Good Job, Nice new server

I also vote for 3

Elian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Rudoff" <andy@rudoff.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:26
Subject: [pianotech] new list features


> Folks,
> 
> I'm happy to say the conversion to the new server went smoothly.  As
> most of you have noticed, the new list software has lots of little
> options that can be adjusted.  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.
> 
> The other feature like this is the "[pianotech]" added to the beginning
> of each Subject header.  I'm not that fond of this either, for the same
> "noise" reasons.  But I have had the request several times over the past
> years to add something like this for people who like to sort their mail
> by Subject line, so when the new list software put it there by default,
> I left it in.  It makes the headers a little less easy to read for me,
> though, since it pushes the words I want to see to the right and I have
> to scroll to see them.  So I thought I'd ask for opinions on this one.
> Here are some things we could do:
> 
> 1. leave the [pianotech] in the Subject lines
> 2. shorten it to something like [pt]
> 3. remove it completely
> 
> I kind of like #3 the best, but wanted to hear what others prefer.  I'll
> probably just follow suit with the other lists, caut, ptg-l, etc. so if
> you have an opinion please let me know.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -andy
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