[Rhodes22-list] Header and Footer

[Rik Sandberg]

Michael,

First of all, excellent work, I hope all recognize and appreciate the time
and effort you put into this. Thank you!!!

1. Shorter footers would be a good thing. I assume we are talking about a
web page with not only our own links on it, but links for any commercial
entity that may "sponsor/support" our effort as well. I am for this.

2. Doesn't matter to me if the member list count is on each message. I can
look it up very easily by going to the info page, if I really want to know.
Did that, just last night.

3. I believe you are right, Michael. The name is probably too close to the
sailnet list name. I also agree with Bill, the name takes up too much room
in the subject line. Would R 22 OG, for "Rhodes 22 Owner's Group" work???

4. I agree with this. It shouldn't be hard for folks to become accustomed to
replying at the top of the messages. That is really the simplest anyway. I
have no problem at all with letting the 3rd on up replies fall off. Now the
strings can get so long and jumbled, you have a heck of a time figuring them
out anyway. If a person is interested in a string and wants to be able to
look back over it, he'll just have to refrain from using his delete button
until the discussion is over.

5. I don't digest so it's neither hear or there to me.

Rik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Header and Footer


>
> 1)I talked to Mark this morring, he is making up a webpage to replace the
footer(I.e. the footer would be cut down to one line with
> the link), I am sure he would like some ideas for the page and would be
happy for people to work with him shaking out the design.
> Thank You very much Mark.
> 2)The user count is not in the base package I am using, their way is to
show the subscribers page
>  http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list (down at the
bottom), right now we have 124 people.
> 3)I do not mind shorting the name, in fact I think I made a mistake
choosing the name I did, it is to close to the sailnet name,
> typing complete end up with messages on sail net. The only real issue I
have with the change is people have mail filters and address
> books with the name in it, the change could be disruptive to some people.
I think I need more of a "outcry" from the group to do
> this one, like who is in favor people?
> 4)I think my next hack for the system, would be to remove any quoted mail
after the second level, that way people can still answer
> inline and have context for message but but the 3 level it becoming
unreadable and only bulking up the message for bandwith and
> fouling the archive and dejest, the problem is sometimes people who answer
at the bottom might get cut off and thier post will look
> like it did not as a question, on the otherhand it stop the tree in the
woods problem with that. BTW most people would not have a
> problem they post on top, option people???
> 5)Dijest people how do you like the new system, should be alot cleaner for
you.?
>
> MJM
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Effros" <bill@effros.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:05 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Header and Footer
>
>
> > Michael,
> >
> > Is there any reason not to shorten "rhodes22-list" to "R22"?  The
subject
> > line in my browser shows "RE: [rhodes22-list] over and over, while
crowding
> > out much of the subject line.  I think we would all know the sender if
it
> > was simply "R22".
> >
> > The footer is also getting crowded, although much of what is there is
> > extremely useful.  I think it would be wrong to include a link to
"General
> > Boats -- where R22 Sailors Get it" -- but I also think it is wrong to
> > include that line with regard to Sailnet.  Sailnet never permitted Stan
to
> > advertise for free on all their outgoing email, even though I, and I
would
> > guess better than 90% of the rest of the R22 list, joined the list
because
> > Stan told me about it.
> >
> > Knowing how many people are on the list at any given time was fun, I
> > thought.  Can you add that to the footer?  At one time I was on the list
> > when that number was 11.  When we switched lists the number had gone to
over
> > 200 which would seem to represent almost 10% of all the hulls built to
date.
> >
> > The work you are doing (and have done for years) is noted and
appreciated by
> > all.  It is a constant source of back-channel comment that you never
see.
> >
> > Bill Effros
> >
> >
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