Re: [CH] List Future
Jonathan Smillie (jonathan.smillie@gmail.com)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:42:53 -0400
Doug Irvine wrote:
> Brent Thompson wrote:
>>> I don't want to step on anyone's toes either but we need a better
>>> system.
>>
>> What exactly is wrong with the current system, besides some subscription
>> confusion from time-to-time?
>>
>> This e-mail system is fast and comes via a method I already must consult
>> constantly for work, all day long. No extra time required to see these
>> chile-heads e-mails means I have the time to see them. And everyone
>> else
>> who reads e-mail is also getting these e-mails delivered right where
>> they
>> already are reading, too.
>>
>> I personally very much dislike groups, including Yahoo groups,
>> because in
>> contrast to our current method, they are slower to read, slower to
>> delete,
>> slower and more inconvenient to search, etc., and also require various
>> extraordinary steps that are inconvenient for me, such as logging
>> into and
>> checking some website that otherwise has nothing to do with my life.
>>
>> I don't think of myself as a Luddite just because I don't like
>> slower, more
>> inconvenient ways of doing something that already works well.
>>
>> --- Brent
>>
>>
>>
>
> One and all! Mike has run HIS list since the 90's and barring a few
> little problems along the way, has run it well and efficiently and I
> for one would like to see it stay that way. And I do not think that is
> a Luddite mentality either, just in the event that some think, because
> of my advanced age, that I was around when the Luddites were! So waht
> that globalgarden.com are sometimes a bit of a problem, that server
> has worked well over all the years that Mike has been using it, with
> some little blips, as I said. So, bear with it. Just because a few are
> having a small problem, due to their inability to remember where they
> are supposed to be if they un sub, or how to get back if they do, is
> no reason to start a cry a furor to get a new list. Be content with
> what you have. It works! Cheers, then OLD Luddite like Brent:-))!
> Cheers, Doug in BC
>
Doug -
First of all, if I haven't said so before, it's good to see that you're
still kicking around the list. I still have your recipe for
mustard-crusted pork tenderloin which must be 10+ years old now and
still works...
Secondly, I didn't mean to start any kind of "let's all move to Google"
or "Let's all move to Yahoo" thing. My main problem is simply that I
don't seem to be getting all of the mail the list generates. I'd be fine
with the way it currently works if I got everything I was supposed to...
I think Andy Barnhart has answered one of my questions. Apparently we
can't send to globalgarden.com in anything other than plain text
(including combos of plain text and HTML). So I'll store that piece of
wisdom up for the future.
Jonathan