GEN: I.D. Thank You and reminder

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

   I hope that you have noticed that almost everyone is now including
helpful identification with their posted messages. This has resulted in a
marked *decrease* in the number of messages sent to the entire group
because the person they are trying to reach had failed to include their
e-mail address in the message which requested information. Thank you all!

   Unfortunately, I am still regularly returning postings to sender for
additional information to those who are new or resubscribed, because they
forget to include the necessary information....

   A friendly reminder: LM_NET has moved to a policy of required
identification within all messages posted to LM_NET. Please start the
habit of including identification in all messages posted to LM_NET. You
should be sure to include your:

1. Name   2. Occupation/Job Title/Worksite   3. e-mail address

  Example:

  Jo Booksworth, Librarian
  Best Elementary, Bestville, CA
  JBOOKSWORTH@BEST.K12.CA.US

  Reasons (in addition to common courtesy):

  The number of unsigned messages has been growing, and many appear to be
unrelated to the purposes of LM_NET.

  The address at the top of the header doesn't identify if the person is
supposed to be on LM_NET (i.e., school librarian or related type). If a
person does not belong on LM_NET, and posts inappropriate questions, it
gives us a way to know if we should filter them out.

  Also, due to characteristics of their e-mail software, many people don't
see the person's return address in their e-mail header, so they must
unnecessarily reply to the entire group.

  With 7,000+ members, and 70+ messages a day being posted, we don't want
to have many inappropriate messages posted, especially from those who are
not in our intended audience.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Peter Milbury, Co-owner of LM_NET         pmilbury@ericir.syr.edu
Now With 7,000+ Members        See: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
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      See also: Peter Milbury's School Librarian Web Pages
       http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/lib.html
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