We want to remind all of our subscribers of some of our list policies.
In particular, we want to remind you of some policies that are being
violated daily by a number of subscribers. We also want to state why
these policies are in place and ask that everyone start following these
policies.
1. All messages should be in Plain Text (ASCII text).
Our objective is that messages posted to our listserver are in a form
receivable by all subscribers.
We do have people who, for security and other reasons, are not running
graphical based e-mail clients. These people have great difficulties
reading html and rtf e-mail. Also, messages sent in html or rtf do not
archive as well and take up more room in the archive database.
How do I know if I am sending Plain Text? Here are some indicators:
* If you can set font size or color in the message you are sending,
then your mailer is not set for Plain Text.
* If, when posted, your message does not have the PSTC footer (the
one that tells you how to subscribe and unsubscribe to the list) added
to the end of the message, then your mailer is not set for Plain Text.
If you need help in configuring your e-mail client for Plain Text,
please contact the four list administrators (at the end of this
message). Please contact us directly rather than posting a message
to the listserver. As the four of us travel from time to time, we
suggest you direct your inquiry to all four of us, and one of us
will respond to you.
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Our objective is that messages should be readily and quickly
downloadable by our subscribers who are on dial-up lines, or who
may be on the road in sites with poor telephone service. Attachments
and signatures add to the download time and expense of dial-up services.
For these reasons, message size should be the minimum necessary to
address your subject. (The IEEE listserver rejects messages exceeding
100 kB.)
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http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc. Then, your message posted
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to the reader's computer.
Please turn off the auto-signature feature of your mailer when
posting messages to emc-pstc (unless your auto-signature is Plain
Text).
These policies make our messages easily accessible to all mail clients
and all connection schemes, yet satisfy the needs for completeness of
messages posted to emc-pstc.
Please keep in mind we have people on this list from all over the world.
Best wishes for the Holiday Season,
Ron Pickard [email protected]
Dave Heald [email protected]
Richard Nute [email protected] 858-655-3329
Jim Bacher [email protected] 937-865-2020
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