Tim,
This isn't specifically pertinent to this list, but I would love to hear what you see as the emerging mode of communication. I know young people don't read email anymore. But I have no idea how to communicate if I want to write more than 160 characters (or whatever a text is) and don't want everyone's facebook friends to read what I say to them. I'm so stuck in an old paradigm that I can't even conceive of how I'm supposed to communicate anymore. Perhaps I should ask a 20-year old ... and I will. But I would be very interested in your take on it.
Shelley
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Tim Wegner
<twegner@swbell.net> wrote:
Herman asked:
> Sherwood Shankland wants to join this listserve. How does he do
> that?
I am happy to help with subscribing Sherwood. But just so you all
know, every list message has a footer (which may show as an
attachment) that contains information for how to get to screens that
enable you to to manage your membership, including subscribing and
unsubscribing, turning off mail, and so forth.
Also be aware that if you want to subscribe an additional email
(without necessarily having list mail go to that email), this is
easily done, saving me from having to manually approve your posts
that come from the "wrong" emails. Just ask me via private email if
you need help with this. I am seeing a fair bit of (legititmate) post
attempts from non-subscribed emails. Lately I've been marking those
emails to just be always allowed to post, so maybe this is a problem
that is already solved. Still, list mindfullness and understanding on
your part is a good thing, unless you prefer to allow the mysterious
hand behind the screen to control all.
I continue to be in awe of how well old clunky obsolete email works
to keep us connected. Just don't try to explain mailing lists to your
grandkids. In the grand sweep of history email is a tiny blip on the
timeline that is coming to an end, but it still works for us, and
might even outlast us!
Tim
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