annoying posts - new solutions

[JIMRPT@AOL.COM]

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)