At 12:57 PM 4/7/97 -0600, Cyclops wrote:
>At 08:02 PM 4/7/97 +0200, I wrote:
>>that this is necessary to the discussions of the list.  Sometimes Listserv

>If the member's mail software has a "from" name in it, whatever that may
>be, listserv will use it.  If not, it will grab it from the subscriber
>list.  There is no necessary connection between the two forms that anyone
>uses.  We've all seen addresses in the "from" field that are very long,
>list phone numbers and office addresses, etc, etc.

This is what is puzzling me because I have always had information in that
portion of the header which was overwritten by Listserv somehow.

>
>>Also, does anyone know if there are plans to be able to have a nicer member
>>list?  We had hoped for one with the upgrade!  Forty characters is tough to
>>squeeze one's name, affiliation and geographic location into:-)  I sure
>>wish that this was "friendlier"!
>
>Listserv is designed to perform as the world's best mailing list software,
>and NOT to be an address book, personal information manager, scheduler, or
>web browser.  And I trust that the esteemed Eric will keep it that way.

As I stated above, we are including only specific information which we feel
contributes vastly to the discussion on the list.  This is hardly in the
league of an address book, scheduler, etc.  A nice compromise might be to
have even fifty or sixty characters to work with.  After all, no one HAS to
use that space:-)  It would be nice to have the flexibility, that's all.

>
>I'd vote against such a change for two reasons:  not needed, and most
>people don't make their membership lists available publicly anyway, for
>obvious reasons.

Making the information public in our instance has nothing to do with our
wish for the people on the list to know readily the geographic location and
zone of the member's garden or plants being discussed.  What is "not
needed" for one list might be considered important for another and in our
case, we are trying to accommodate the list members, not the public.  With
this in view, I think that the kind of change I am proposing is moderate,
but helpful.
>
>cheers
>
>cyclops
>
>
>
>Dan Lester
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>In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.  Erasmus, 1534

Interesting that this quote is really from Erasmus; learn something new
every day:-) I always think of the tune with this name from "Dead Can Dance".
Cheers, Louise


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