In a message dated 5/13/2000 12:47:33 AM, Carol wrote: <<I don't mean to sound so cranky about the tremendous amount of unreadable material on this list ->> Carol; "unreadable material"? Such as sending stuff to the list with a dark violet background, and the post in both plain text 'and' in a html string? That is what you just did. I know you are "on the road" and that might account for this happening. Normally your posts from home don't have this needless waste of bandwidth and archive space. This has been mentioned by many people many times and it still happens regularly and by the same people........... should more fuss be made about this too? As for what the FAQ on pianotech says, it says 'exactly': <<"PIANOTECH -- a forum for piano technicians The "pianotech" list is intended for technical discussions among piano technicians. *Other topics of general interest to piano technicians do come up*, but the main focus is on sharing technical information. It is an "open" list, allowing anyone to subscribe and submit posts.">> <<"It has been suggested many times that we have another list for the more social postings and just keep things technical on pianotech. ">> 'We' in fact 'do' have another list that treats "off topic posts" much more unkindly and that list is called CAUT@ptg.org. <<"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. ">> I agree with these thoughts. Also it would be helpful for posters to not use HTML encoding when posting to the list. <<"A little consideration for the entire Pianotech community will go a long way.">> Absolutely...think about that just a little huh? Jim Bryant (FL)
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