Is this Eudora Mac 3.x, receiving a MS Office Read Receipt accidentally sent
to the list, by any chance?

-aht

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LISTSERV list owners' forum
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Judith Hopkins
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 2:11 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: List messages that caused Eudora to crash
>
>
>    Today I received messages from 2 subscribers that postings from a
> particular poster has caused their Eudora systems to crash.  Both
> identified the same subscriber as the one whose messages were the source
> of the problem. The first report came from a subscriber who receives a
> digest where the problem was an 11 June posting; the second came from a
> subscriber who receives individual mail messages; a posting today was
> his system's downfall.
>
>    I retrieved both messages from the list's archives (they are the only
> ones this poster has sent this month).  They look OK to me: no visible
> extraneous characters, no attachments.  (They are appended below).
> Anyone have any suggestions as to what might be wrong?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Judith Hopkins, Listowner of Autocat
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:43:15 -0400
> From: "L-Soft list server at University at Buffalo (1.8c)"
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> To: Judith Hopkins <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: File: "AUTOCAT POSTINGS"
>
> >>> Posting number 12887, dated 11 Jun 1998 12:41:25
> Date:         Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:41:25 EST5EDT4,M4.1.0,M10.5.0
> Reply-To:     "AUTOCAT: Library cataloging and authorities
> discussion group"
>               <[log in to unmask]>,
>               "Smith, Margaret" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sender:       "AUTOCAT: Library cataloging and authorities
> discussion group"
>               <[log in to unmask]>
> From:         "Smith, Margaret" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      barcodes
>
> Mike,
>
> Our experience with barcodes is a little different from your thoughts.  We
> chose to use the dual label, where the second part is the number
> only.  This
> piece we affix to the reverse of the shelf list card.  We find
> that knowing
> what number is assigned to which copy is enormously useful in
> on-going database
> maintenance.  They have also been useful in general cleanup after
> automation.
>
> We have long ago discarded our card catalog, but we do retain the
> shelflist for
> a number of reasons, so using the barcode numbers is easy for us.
>
> We chose to put the barcodes inside the front cover to protect
> them.  When we
> do inventory (a collection of 90+ K) it does mean the student
> aide must open
> the book, and listen for the beep, but this does not appreciably slow the
> process down, since we use a scanner and have an inventory
> program as part of
> our system.
>
> A manual inventory used to take the whole staff most of the summer.  The
> automated inventory requres two student aides for less than two months.
>
>
> Tobe Smith
> Assistant Director
> Leroy V. Good Library
> Monroe Community College
> Rochester, NY 14623
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>
> >>> Posting number 12974, dated 16 Jun 1998 08:28:32
> Date:         Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:28:32 EST5EDT4,M4.1.0,M10.5.0
> Reply-To:     "AUTOCAT: Library cataloging and authorities
> discussion group"
>               <[log in to unmask]>,
>               "Smith, Margaret" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sender:       "AUTOCAT: Library cataloging and authorities
> discussion group"
>               <[log in to unmask]>
> From:         "Smith, Margaret" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Automation pitfalls
>
> Rich,
>
> In the best of all possible worlds, the barcodes would be right,
> the training
> all-inclusive, and the software without bugs.
>
> However...  I think you should count on spending at least a year
> cleaning up
> problems, with any or all of the above.  My suggestion would be that you
> preserve your shelflist and check it against a printout, section
> by section, of
> your OPAC.  In that way you'll know that the OPAC truly represents the
> collection.  It's amazing the things you'll find!
>
> I wish you all sorts of good luck with your automation!  It's
> such an exciting
> process and definitely rewarding.
>
> Tobie Smith
> Leroy V. Good Library
> Monroe Community College
> Rochester, New York  14623
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>