This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment >I don't recall whether Andy has a position pro or con on attachments; = what's >your committee's thoughts on the topic? >Patrick Draine I don't mean to sound so cranky about the tremendous amount of = unreadable material on this list - just go check out in the archives = v.2000.n442. Those of us receiving the digest form of painotech get = just what you see there. http://www.ptg.org/archive/pianotech.php/ I am not opposed to being able to do more and fancier things with email. = I got a hotmail account for the sole purpose of subscribing to = pianotech one message at a time, and I must admit that this may be = easier to handle than it used to be. I can see the pictures that are = sent. It will be possible now to keep a database of the technical = information I would like to archive for myself, and perhaps someday be = able to share it. I do believe that if one checks the majordomo greeting message you = received when you first logged on to pianotech, and check out the list = description on the piano page, that you will find the suggestions for = not posting non technical messages and large attachments. It has been suggested many times that we have another list for the more = social postings and just keep things technical on pianotech. Having = been subscribed to this list for years, I often think it resembles a = neighborhood or an office more than a technical bulletin board. Piano = tuners work alone most of the time, and don't get the social contact = with co-workers like most everyone else does who had a "real" job. I = think we need more education on how to use email; how to filter and = organize messages. Usually, everyone with an email account also gets = space for a web page. If you post pictures to the list, it is probably = more appropriate to post them to your web page and let people click on = the link. That way the archives and digesters don't get messed up with = a lot of garbage. Remember, you can't hit the delete key in digest = form. The internet, email and web have changed tremendously in a very short = time. THe software is better and easier to use - of course I may think = differently in about a month when over a thousand pianotech messages = have filled up my new mailbox! A little consideration for the entire = Pianotech community will go a long way. Carol Beigel on the road in Zelienople, Pa. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5f/b3/b2/d6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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