Re: OMC-BOATS administrata

I like it the way it is. Even when people are working on projects or have
issues not directly related to mine, sometimes there are "tidbits" in their
discussions which can help me with what I am working on.

Just my .02 worth.

Michael Frenn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Budne" <phil@...>
To: <omc-boats@...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: OMC-BOATS administrata

> Since there has been a burst of traffic on the OMC-BOATS list, I just
> wanted to remind everyone that you can get the list in "digest"
> format, with all of the days messages(*) in a single message, as a way
> of reducing the number of messages in your mailbox.
>
> Please remember that when you send to the list, it's going to all
> sorts of folks, with different interests, and levels of interest. I'm
> happy to see the list develop into a community (that was the point),
> and I don't want people to feel that they shouldn't post to the list,
> but there are also times when a private (off list) reply is fine idea.
>
> Long ago I switched the configuration of the list manager so that all
> replies attempts to reply to a list message went to the entire list
> (the original setting had been such that a polite "reply to sender"
> went only to the person who had posted the message, and "reply to all"
> went to the sender, and the list. It seemed like the distinction was
> confusing, and discussion was often fractured). I'd be willing to
> revisit this.
>
> I can also configure the software to add a prefix (eg "[omc-boats]")
> to the mail subject lines to help you decide which messages (not) to
> read quickly...
>
> -Phil
>
> (*) I think there is an upper limit to how large a single digest
> message can be, and when exeeded will cause the digest to be sent, and
> a new one started. So it IS possible (if unlikely) to get more than
> one digest a day
Received on Saturday, 8 June 2002