Webbased v mailing list [was Re: eMail (OT liist mail)]

2000-08-12 Thread L.D. Best
I'm sorry, but I don't think any type of web page based message system would be as functional as the list. We can scan and delete if we like right now; and there *are* options to downloading all the mail before scanning. A number of sites for e-mail which are Arachne friendly have been mentioned

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-11 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Hi Clarence, You got me by "OO". OUCH Eric Someone wrote (just playing it safe): > >Eric S. Emerson wrote: >> >> Clarence Verge wrote: >> > >> > >> >Regards, >> > >> >Sam Heywood > >It's ok by me Eric, I've done it once or twice too. > >- Clarence Verge --

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-11 Thread Clarence Verge
Eric S. Emerson wrote: > > Clarence Verge wrote: > > > > > >Regards, > > > >Sam Heywood It's ok by me Eric, I've done it once or twice too. - Clarence Verge -- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ --

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-11 Thread Eric S. Emerson
5:05 +0200 >X-Authentication-Warning: ns.arachne.cz: mail set sender to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f >Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 03:58:34 -0400 (EDT) >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re:

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-11 Thread Eric S. Emerson
SMTP id DAA07508; > Fri, 11 Aug 2000 03:58:34 -0400 (EDT) >Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 03:58:34 -0400 (EDT) >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: eMail (OT liist mail) >MIME-V

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-11 Thread Roger Turk
Thomas Mueller wrote: >>BCC = Blind Carbon Copy Recipient of BCC doesn't know about the main recipient, unlike CC, where recipient can see who the main recipient is. I am sending this to Arachne list with BCC to Eric S. Emerson. Let me know how/if this demo works.<< Why wouldn't you want the

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
BCC = Blind Carbon Copy Recipient of BCC doesn't know about the main recipient, unlike CC, where recipient can see who the main recipient is. I am sending this to Arachne list with BCC to Eric S. Emerson. Let me know how/if this demo works.

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-11 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Hi Clarence, After your kind reply I went and checked the email services on Detroit Freenet. It seems I'm not using PINE for email but Freeport Mail. PINE is an option that I haven't used. I glossed thru PINE info but still haven't run across BCC anywhere so I appreciate the list hel

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-10 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:08:04 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric S. Emerson) wrote: > Hi Jake, > Thanks for the info. I knew there was a way to > not show full mail list but I don't use Win programs > except when my groin starts to ache(in other words as last > resort). Therefore, I never us

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-10 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 02:14:52 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric S. Emerson) wrote: > Hi Glenn, > What does BCC: stand for or mean? Why would > one use it instead of Cc: ? Does it matter if one uses > Bcc: or BCC: / CC: or Cc: ? > Thanks for the help, BCC is Blind Carbon Copy. The me

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-10 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 10 Aug 00 at 18:22, Arachne4Dos wrote: >>Incidentally, this is Poco which is an e-mailer running under >>Winblows but in 2.04M which is pretty good for a wingarbage program. Another good thrifty Winblows email program is FoxMail. I think it needs less than 1 meg HD space for the basic progr

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-10 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Hi Mel, I noticed your webpage before. My dad's lady friend's parents were from Scotland and she has a lot of relatives there that she writes to. However, I can't get her to use the computer I loaned them. I'll check out your website. Eric Mel Evans wrote: >>Eric Emerson wrote: >>

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-10 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Hi Jake, Thanks for the info. I knew there was a way to not show full mail list but I don't use Win programs except when my groin starts to ache(in other words as last resort). Therefore, I never used/saw BCC. I use the freenet Pine mailer for most of my e-mail and I have never seen m

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-10 Thread Arachne4Dos
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 02:14:52 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi Glenn, > What does BCC: stand for or mean? Why would >one use it instead of Cc: ? Does it matter if one uses >Bcc: or BCC: / CC: or Cc: ? > >snip In my case, BCC stands for the British Caravanners Club and I am the area

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Hi Glenn, What does BCC: stand for or mean? Why would one use it instead of Cc: ? Does it matter if one uses Bcc: or BCC: / CC: or Cc: ? Thanks for the help, Eric Glenn McCorkle wrote: >We have now confirmed that v1.6* will only send to the first address on >any of these lines

Re: eMail (OT liist mail) - AVA

2000-08-09 Thread Pete
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:22:22 +1000, Ben Hood wrote: > On 8 Aug 2000, at 16:59, Pete wrote: >> For example... A web page displaying all topics less than >> [user input] days old. Checkboxes next to each displayed topic. Check >> the desired ones and hit enter. A script could then generate a str

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread Pete
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 21:51:02 +0200 (MET DST), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if three people can't keep things on > topic there's no wonder there's sometimes very much OT material on the > mailinglists. Hmm... perhaps I'm worse, I always tend to go OT in some way > - this is OT isn't it? ;-)

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 01:25:40 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:23:05, Dale Mentzer wrote: >> I mostly enjoy >> the freewheeling nature of this list. I think it contributes to our >> sense of community, something I don't get on a moderated list. > Hello Arachnids: > For th

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Hi All, I was on a list started by Mike Wendlen, alias "PC MIKE", the host of a local computer radio show. I found it very informative, but the host found that moderating it was too much work. After several "jerks" posted inappropriate mail, the list died. It was replaced by a web page w

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 9 Aug 00 at 1:25, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >>For the benefit of those who are not aware, this is a moderated list. >>I remember an incident that occurred a couple of years ago in which >>the list moderator kicked a subscriber off the list. The offender had >>become involved in a flame war wi

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread L.D. Best
I think Sam must have been talking about something other than this mailing list. And, AFAIK, your definition of "moderated list"" is correct, Ben. I belonged to one once, and quit rather quickly because nothing got sent that was meaningful ... all meat had been "moderated out" and there was noth

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
Hello Hoody: On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:22:22 +1000, you wrote: > On 9 Aug 2000, at 1:25, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> For the benefit of those who are not aware, this is a moderated list. > Isn't a moderated list one that every single message that gets sent > to it goes to a moderator who then dec

Re: eMail (OT liist mail) - AVA

2000-08-09 Thread Ben Hood
On 8 Aug 2000, at 16:59, Pete wrote: > For example... A web page displaying all topics less than > [user input] days old. Checkboxes next to each displayed topic. Check > the desired ones and hit enter. A script could then generate a streamlined > download... Rather than 30-40 e-mails a day,

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-09 Thread Ben Hood
On 9 Aug 2000, at 1:25, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > For the benefit of those who are not aware, this is a moderated list. Isn't a moderated list one that every single message that gets sent to it goes to a moderator who then decides whether or not to let it go to the rest of the group? > I rem

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-08 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:23:05, Dale Mentzer wrote: > I mostly enjoy > the freewheeling nature of this list. I think it contributes to our > sense of community, something I don't get on a moderated list. Hello Arachnids: For the benefit of those who are not aware, this is a moderated list. I remem

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-08 Thread Pete
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:23:05, Dale Mentzer wrote: > Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence. "Logc would ndcate a speedy retreat Capta n" g> And also that several eys seem to have stopped worng :- gotta laugh or I'll cry! - Pete Randolph -

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-08 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 8 Aug 00 at 18:40, Clarence Verge wrote: >>I find very few messages hit MY Trash without at least a skim. >>Excepting SPAM. '-) I agree Clarence. I probably spend less than 10 seconds each on the messages I am not interested in. Then they're gone. I mostly enjoy the freewheeling nature of

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-08 Thread Clarence Verge
Pete wrote: > > For myself (and others?) the list is a big message board. Scan the > Inbox and view the topics of interest and trash the others. Perhaps for > many purposes a MessBoard would be better? > Though some do have trouble with the web, I believe the interface, if > properly designed

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-08 Thread Bernie
Pete wrote: > I have tossed this up on AVA, and would like input from other users >of the list... (snip) But how will we reply? It helps me extremly little if I have a big file containing all the messages if I then need to be on-line or cut and paste. On-line time costs money here (well not June

Re: eMail (OT liist mail)

2000-08-08 Thread Pete
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 21:51:02 +0200 (MET DST), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if three people can't keep things on > topic there's no wonder there's sometimes very much OT material on the > mailinglists. Hmm... perhaps I'm worse, I always tend to go OT in some way > - this is OT isn't it? ;-)