[C320-list] Posting to the list

[Bruce]

PLEASE let me be perfectly clear, I really appreciate this site and realize I need practice at navigating the site. Sometimes it might be a little frustrating for me but I whole heartedly appreciate the efforts of everyone who runs the site.
Thanks,
Bruce.
#719.

Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

>Here are a few things to note about the list.   
>
>First, I'm really sorry it's an email list.  Eventually this will improve
>and be more modern, but as we keep saying, with externally run forums like
>Google/Yahoo etc., we don't own the discussion history and it gets culled at
>their discretion.  We're don't want to lose our content history.  We can run
>our own web-based forum, but we run the risk of our domain name being marked
>as a Spam site if we then choose to allow email notifications for following
>threads and it's much harder to protect against hacks and virus injection.
>
>Bruce, in the Upper Right corner of the website (on every page) is a Search
>bar.  Type shaft alignment and hit enter.    :)   (Some content may require
>that you're logged into the site in order to read the content.)  I don't
>recommend browsing around as a means of finding specific content until we
>simplify the content organization.
>
>For now, I collect requests for hull roster changes and when I get a handful
>of them, I go in and make the changes.  We'll work to get this tied better
>to the Association membership info.
>
>When sending email to the list, "ReplyAll" is generally a bad idea.  We
>configured our list to reject email that is cross-posted (multiple addresses
>in the "To:" or "CC:" fields.) in order to help block spam and address book
>bulk posting attacks.   Occasionally a some slip by but it's pretty rare.
>
>Also, all email gets converted to "Plain Text", with attachments stripped
>off.  This helps eliminate other classes of possible harmful stuff delivered
>to your inbox that would get archived and left around for future people to
>accidentally click on in the future.  So, if your email is all styled up
>with Bold/Italic, bullets, pictures and stuff, plan on that getting rejected
>or stripped bare.
>
>The reason Reply works and New email may not is because of how your email
>client composes new email messages.  When you "Reply" it uses the settings
>of the message you're replying to.  New email gets created however your
>email program is set to compose email.  Sometimes that means that it ONLY
>provides the "HTML" format-rich version of the email and not the "plain
>text" version in the email package sent out.  If we can't find the plain
>text part of the message, it'll get dropped as a message without content.
>
>The reason that Changing the subject affects digest threading is because
>when you reply to an email message, the unique message thread id doesn't get
>changed.  Most email discussion threading uses these message ids to
>determine that two messages belong to the same discussion.  Geek-speak.
>
>The bottom line is...  it is complex and there are lots of details.  We're
>doing our best right now to keep things simple but now that we *finally*
>have a real Web Team on board instead of just myself (Dave, Sean, Karl and
>others help out Tons too), we're hoping we can start making a dent in these
>annoyances.  It'll take some time for everyone to become familiar with what
>we have to work with however.
>
>Cheers!
>-Jeff
>
>PS:  All the things voiced are real concerns and hearing them really helps
>us know where to put our focus first.  So don't be afraid to drop
>suggestions in the Contact Us form on the website.  They all get stored in a
>database that we can review and prioritize.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Hunter
>Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 10:40 PM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Posting to the list
>
>I Reply To All and erase the previous messages then change the Subject.
> 
>I have trouble with the site as well so don't feel alone. I must be doing
>something wrong on the site since I'm not too successful at finding
>subjects...such as shaft alignment. Then I ask on the email list and get
>directed to the site. Why can't this be run like a normal forum? I love the
>idea of a site for 320 owners. I guess I need more practice at this because
>so far I haven't been too successful at making this site work for me. I'd
>use it more if I got more from it.
> 
>I have also sent a few notices the last few weeks on our name change in the
>Hull Number Roster with no effect.
> 
>Bruce Hunter
>Nauti Time #719
>
>From: Colin Evans <twosailors at bigpond.com>
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 6:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Posting to the list
>
>Not sure why it doesn`t work.
>But if you change the subject for an existing topic then those that only get
>the "digest" daily will suddenly have a change of discussion under the
>original topic. So maybe it`s not a wise thing to do. 
>
>*************************
>Regards
>Colin Evans
>Watermark
>2000 C320 # 774
>Lake Macquarie, Australia
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
>DennyBrowne at Verizon.net
>Sent: Wednesday, 3 April 2013 9:18 AM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: [C320-list] Posting to the list
>
>I've tried a couple of times recently to post an original question, but the
>list seems to simply reject me without comment. Neither the C320-list
>acknowledgement nor the post ever show up in my Inbox (although they do show
>up in my Sent Mail), unless I reply to someone else's post and change the
>subject line. Am I overlooking something?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>DENNY BROWNE
>A Cappella #935
>Redondo Beach, CA
>Denny at DennyBrowne.com
>