[Dialogue] Filter still working wonderfully!

[Tim Wegner]

Pat asked:

> Would someone (Harry? Jim?) please explain to those of us who don't
> know what the filter is and definitely don't know what you do to turn
> it on or off?

The original email that started this thread came from Zahrts. Only 
they know what they meant by "filter" - I have a private email to 
them asking. I have no idea what that "filter" email was about. So my 
request is to end this topic right here with this message. If I find 
out something that needs to be shared I'll let you all know.

Harry Wainwright, David Dunn,  and I watch the list closely and are 
happy to hear of any problems anyone is having. Please send those to 
us privately and we'll do our best to help. As a general rule sending 
emails about list problems to the whole list results in confusion and 
should be avoided. Think of this as a gentle "facilitation nudge" to 
the group. The idea is that the technical list discussion is noise 
that distracts from the main list discussion. Harry, David,  and I 
consider ourselves assigned to "wash the dishes", and we don't want 
you to have to discuss washing the dishes at dinner. <grin!>

>I am aware that this listserve doesn't allow attachments
> to go through

That's correct. The list is setup to translate html (the language 
used for web pages) to plain text, so messages that use html should 
come through OK. Attachments, particularly large attachments, cause 
trouble and so are stripped. Occasionally you see blank emails 
posted. This happens because the email is encoded in a way the list 
can't handle. If this happens to you (you send a message to the list 
that comes through blank) please send me or Harry the message exactly 
as you sent it to the list. We'll help you get it posted properly, 
and by working with us you will help us configure the list in the 
most helpful way.

If you can configure your email to send plain text you will never go 
wrong. (We have many different email programs and levels of 
experience represented on the list, so it's challenging, but by and 
large it is working well.)

I'd also like to let everyone know that Len Hockley and I are 
experimenting with some other web-based software to enable group 
writing. This is not to replace the mailing list but to augment it. 
Gordon Harper suggested we look into a way to use the web to document 
ICA/OE history. That's what we're investigating. Looks very 
promising, but it will take us a little while. When we've farther 
along I'll put out a request for volunteers to help.

Tim