<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><div><div>David L:  If I understand you correctly, I think maybe you're missing an "improvement" of a few months ago, whereby you can receive emails from the new list, and simply hit "Reply" in your email client (not the "respond" link at the bottom of the body of the email) and respond by email.  That works now, and that's what I just did to respond to your email, below.  Basic back-and-forth email works fine.</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, you still need to use the website to place items in the library, or attach them to emails, or to say "my two cents" using symbols.  That, as they say, is the rub.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope maybe this is some help/insight.</div><div><div><br></div><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0px">Paul Milesi RPT<br> Washington DC<br> (202) 246-3136 Cell/Text<br> paul@pmpiano.com<br><a href="http://www.pmpiano.com">http://www.pmpiano.com</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><div><br></div><div><br></div></span></font></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left; color: black; border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: solid; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; padding-top: 3pt; "><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> David Love <<a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> PTG Pianotech List <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, May 2, 2012 8:03 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> PTG Pianotech List <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [pianotech] Gen-u-whine Steinway parts:OT RANT<br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style><div lang="EN-US" link="#000000" vlink="#000000"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Not exactly, unless there’s something new.  When you respond to the HL system (hitting reply to discussion) it takes you to the web link in whose format you then respond.  For uploading photos or other docs you have to go through their protocol.  With the old list you simply respond to the email, attach, send, etc.  Many fewer steps.  Also, to initiate a topic on HL you must first go to my.ptg.org and sign in etc.  On the old list you can just shoot off an email.  If something has changed with the new format then please fill me in.  <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">David Love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">www.davidlovepianos.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ed Foote<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Gen-u-whine Steinway parts:OT RANT<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">H</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">mm,   I don't know, exactly, what I signed up for, but I get emails from both lists.  I can respond to them as emails.  I don't see strange posts when I take the trouble to go to the PTG website and crawl through the labryinth to the postings.  <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Am I missing something, ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Ed Foote RPT<br><a href="http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.html">http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.html</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Encore Pianos <<a href="mailto:encorepianos@metrocast.net">encorepianos@metrocast.net</a>><br>To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br>Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 4:36 pm<br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Gen-u-whine Steinway parts:OT RANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_dc525cd8-af76-470a-8cc0-ab3b266c5547"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">I would rather see those who are in the position to do so start the search again for something that would replace both the old list and the HL one.  I think I would slash my wrists if I had to use the HL list exclusively.  I haven’t done a head count, but it seems to me that more people are still using the old list over the new one.  I get everything from both lists dumped into my Outlook Mailbox, and just delete anything I do not want to keep.  One could only hope that the search for a better replacement would be done with greater wisdom and the benefit of hindsight with HL’s problems and quirks.  <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Will</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>