ADMIN: A bit more on combining/how to do it on webview

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 25619

I'm a bit late into this discussion, but I'll weigh in anyway


We're not making it compulsory on pain of death to combine messages, 
only asking that you consider combining if you have short comments on 
several topics.  It's one of several measures that are proposed to 
help control message volume.  If it's really impossible for you to do 
it, or it seems wildly inappropriate for particular cases, so be it.  

If the list traffic weren't so heavy, we probably wouldn't even be 
having this debate, and there probably wouldn't be an OT Chatter 
list, either.      

COMBINING ON WEBVIEW

I am set to receive individual e-mails, but when I'm at work, I use 
webview.  If I'm responding to one or more messages, I open a blank 
document in Word, copy the message(s) into it, type up my comments 
and post the whole shebang back to the list – either as a reply or as 
a fresh post.  

I think this technique would work equally well with any document 
editor or a text editor, such as Notebook or Textpad, and it is 
exactly the same approach that Tabouli described for combining using 
an e-mail agent.  Incidentally, Rita - who always combines many 
responses into one post – is on webview, so I imagine she uses an 
external text editor.

It's clear that some people need guidance on webview posting and that 
we need explain how to change preferences and delivery options, 
also.  We've tried to include as much guidance as possible in the 
VFAQ, Netiquette Tips and other reference files, but neither of these 
things is addressed there at the moment.    

LIST ELVES

All new members should have been assigned a List Elf – a fellow list 
member who has volunteered to help them navigate the list rules and 
answer any questions.   Normally, newbies would be able to ask their 
Elf any questions that weren't answered by the reference files.  
However, in the recent changeover between retiring Elves and new 
recruits, some of you may have missed out.  If anyone does need 
advice on anything, please contact the Moderators at hpforgrownups-
owner at yahoogroups.com and we'll do our best to help.

WHERE ELSE TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION ON THE CLUB

Exploring the club's homepage on YahooGroups 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HpforGrownups) would yield a good deal 
of information, even if we'd told you absolutely nothing about the 
club.  All the ADMIN files Penny mentioned in her earlier post 
(including the Welcome Message that is sent to all new members) can 
be found in the Files area.  All the user settings and preferences 
can be changed from the homepage.  There is information about the 
club, plus contact addresses, situated there.   

Okay, anyone still awake at this point deserves a huge bar of 
chocolate.  But we don't always get what we deserve


Neil/Flying Ford Anglia
Yet another member of the Moderator Team