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 > [log in to unmask] > My home page: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ulcjh > AUTOCAT home page: > http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/autocat/ > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:43:15 -0400 > From: "L-Soft list server at University at Buffalo (1.8c)" > <[log in to unmask]> > 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 > [log in to unmask] > > >>> 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 > [log in to unmask] >