<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <HR SIZE=1> From: Larry J Messerly <prescottpiano@juno.com> To: caut@ptg.org Cc: pianotech@ptg.org; caut@ptg.org Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 8:39:37 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] [pianotech] New Format--yuck Have you gone to my.ptg, discussions tab, my subscriptions and reset to pda? Larry Messerly, On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:46:58 +0000 John Delacour <<A href="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk">JD@Pianomaker.co.uk</A>> writes: > At 07:31 -0800 07/03/2011, David Love wrote: > > > >...So far this new format is a complete bomb for me.  The email > >system was much simpler and sometimes simpler is better.  I could > >filter all PTG list > >messages to a separate folder and easily go there and scan all > messages in > >one sweep and delete or whatever very quickly.  Now I have to log > in > >(completely impractical on my PDA) and jump around to discussions > and then > >open each discussion to see if there's something I want to read... > > I agree entirely.  If I can't read and reply to list postings by > email and keep my own archive, then count me out.  I haven't time to > > go visiting two dozen different discussion lists on the web, all > with > different quirks and conventions. > > Was there any consultation with list members to test the water > before > making these radical changes? > > In my opinion it would be a good idea to set up a serious > traditional > mailing list for serious discussion of strictly piano-related topics > > in plain text and respecting basic netiquette.  The present list has > > been completely out of control for ages and this latest nonsense is > a > signal for me to cease any participation in it. > > JD > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ Groupon&#8482 Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7631df8a78fe914m01vuc </DIV></DIV></div></body></html>