Hi Chris,      ...In a msg of , CHRIS CRANFORD wrote:

 CC> On 7/20/2003 9:41 PM, STEPHEN HART wrote to CHRIS CRANFORD

 ->> -+--+--- Forwarded Message -+--+--+-
 ->> Original: DATE..... 7/20/2003 10:24 AM
 ->> Original: FROM..... STEPHEN HART
 ->> Original: TO....... Z1B OPERATIONS

Darn.  I had planned to change the "to field" to address my message
to "All" but I rushed my reply and forgot.  Anyroad, my message was
just intended to reassure regular MooseChat participants that the
EchoList entry had been taken care of...


 ->> As well, these dire warnings add a little bit of excitement, eh?

 CC> Yes they can :-) ...  They are good reminders to moderators especially
 CC> in the case when an echos volume may have dropped due to inactivity or

Yes.  I've even ended-up forwarding them to echo moderators who were
temporarily out of touch.

Meanwhile, I just realized that I'd confused the netmail warning the
EchoList Robot sends with the "expired echolist" warning send by what
I'm guessing is a robot program using the "Z1B operations" name.

 CC> I too enjoy them in my own moderated echos in the event I forget to send
 CC> off the ELIST update requests :-) ...  But I usually send my requests

Hmmmm. I'll be interested to see whether the EchoList Robot also send
e-mail warnings.  Tho, what with no worries about calling when my
long-distance plan makes it less expensive, I might do something
"really wild" and just make sure that I send updates before I need any
warnings at all.  ;-)

 CC> off via EMAIL and have been very successful using that approach.  I've
 CC> tried NETMAIL in the past; however didn't seem to be as reliable as
 CC> EMAIL since I typically route all netmail from my system to my uplink.

I was sending the netmail direct but then, as I mentioned, being
thrifty I then need to remember to attempt the session when the LD
rates are lower.  We'll skip right over the times when modems don't
get along well enough to overcome a bad phone connection.

 CC> Anyways, good luck and happy messaging :-)

Thanks, and also thank you for the feedback on using e-mail to contact
the EchoList robot.  Seems like I really should drag myself into the
twentieth century and go with the e-mail method.


TTYL,           ...Steve

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Empaths do it with feeling.

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