Hello again, I've been subscribing to PCWorks for some time now and am very happy with it; and even feel part of this family where we know who are the gurus, the wannabe gurus, and the newbies (I'm a wannabe newbie). I recently tried another newsletter because twice I never got a response from my "Task Scheduler & Standby" question. Name of other newsletter will be unmentioned unless someone is curious in private.
Maybe I'm wrong and entirely missing the point; maybe it's only because I'm getting the digest; though I get the digest here in PCWorks and this problem does not exist. Anyway, besides the thank you's that are often posted in that newsletter, I found the following situation (reminding me how fortunate I am to be part of PCWorks): In one posting by one person (must have been after a series of threads), one response was followed by 5 sets of subscrpts (that's five, see below), each one having 8 (that's eight) URL's (or links), making a total of 40 links on one posting. Think about it now ... that's 14 lines (19 including spaces) multiplied by 8 sets making a total of (let me get out my calculator), making 152 lines in one posting which added nothing to the discussion. I'm most grateful we do not have that situation here. I think the moderator mentioned to me that it couldn't be helped and suggested I not get the digest; Marlene here must know something that other moderators do not know. When you add the "thank you" postings, these subscripts take up more space than the actual discussions. In the digest that I receive, the following 14 lines (19 with spaces) is what appeared 8 times in one person's posting (each 8 times for each thread in the posting): To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/name of newsletter To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/name of newsletter/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/name of newsletter/ For more info: http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=name of newsletter To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/name of newsletter To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Name of newsletter/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/name of newsletter/ For more info: http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=name of newsletter I can understand the thank you's, if they are kept super brief; it lets the group know that the problem is solved and the solution works. Of course, never the diplomat, I brought this (both the thank you's and the subscripts) to their attention, so it won't take long until I'm persona non grata. My objection now stands in their archives like "who the hell is this guy?" I hope y'all appreciate how neat PCWorks operates; thank you Marlene Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
