[pianotech] MY.PTG.ORG egroups.

[William Monroe]

No David,

That's not what's being said.  In short, pianotech at ptg.org, and
caut at ptg.orgwill go away.  This method that's been discovered
(outlined by you, and
reposted by me) with our new (dare I say current) web-based system, of
posting directly from your email using ptg_pianotchne at egroups.ptg.org will
continue to work just fine.  Keep on truckin'.  When Israel writes of "the
email lists," he is referring to pianotech at ptg.org, caut at ptg.org, etc. - the
ones that will go the way of the dinosaur.  Correct me if I am mistaken,
Israel.

William R. Monroe






On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:25 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

> Unfortunately, this is the kind of posting that creates more confusion than
> clarity.  So let me understand what you’re saying.  I guess we all
> understand that at some point the Pianotech at ptg.org listserve as we have
> known it  will be shut down.  Are you also saying that posting directly to
> the discussions in the new website via ptg_pianotchne at egroups.ptg.org will
> not be possible at some point under the conditions that you outline below?
> If that’s the case then I assume that means at some point the only access to
> the discussion groups will be through the website itself.  I don’t wish to
> start another round of misinformation, we’ve had enough of that.  So let’s
> be clear and concise please.
>
>
>
> David Love
>
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
>
>
> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Israel Stein
> *Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2011 5:38 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* [pianotech] MY.PTG.ORG egroups.
>
>
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> In addition to Bill's words (below), I must once more reiterate that the
> e-mail lists - in the long term - are not sustainable in the PTG framework.
> There is too much work involved in monitoring the spam filters and approving
> legitimate messages caught in the spam filters for the PTG's volunteer corps
> to manage both systems. I suppose they could just stop monitoring the
> filters - and then all those messages that the filters "think" are spam will
> not be posted. The other alternative would be to weaken or shut down the
> spam filters - and then you all will have to wade through a bunch of spam to
> read the posts. In any case, in the long term the PTG cannot maintain its
> server (on which the lists live) because our volunteer IT person who managed
> it is quitting. I suppose the lists could move to some other system, but
> then the PTG has no obligation to devote its already overloaded volunteer
> corps to managing them - is there anyone out there who wants to keep those
> e-mail lists willing to manage them? Been there, done that, it can get
> pretty nerve racking... The guy who took over the list I started years ago
> lasted about a half year...
>
> Israel Stein
>
>
> *>On *Mar 03/14/11 4:24 PM *William Monroe" <bill at a440piano.net* wrote:
>
> >Respectfully, gentlemen, most folks, now that they've put a little effort
> into the new system, are
> >finding it works quite satisfactorily - in fact, much like this list.
>
>
>
> Observe, from David Love:
>
>
>
> "So are people aware that you can start a new thread without going to the
> website by simply sending your email to ptg_pianotechne at egroups.ptg.org.
> (there's an underscore between ptg and pianotechne in case it doesn't show
> up that way). Type in your subject heading as you would normally and it
> simply gets picked up by the system and posted.  That basically means you
> can operate pretty much outside the website if you choose to, much like the
> old system.  I was not aware of this until I just tried it.
>
> The same theory would apply to any one of the discussion groups based on
> how
> they are named for example to post to caut discussion group would be
> ptg_cautne at egroups.ptg.org. I've tried to post this to multiple groups
> (Pianotech and Caut both) to see if this works.
>
> Notification settings should be PDA and Text.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> You really should give it a try (chance).
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
>
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