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 As a member of the Hospitality Committee, I have come across a number of
messages that have not been easy to read.  The message body comes across
twice in some of them -- in regular text and with the HTML tags.  This can
be corrected by going into the settings of a mail program and making sure
that messages are sent only in text.  I use Outlook Express and it is very
easy to change the settings and I'm sure most mail programs do the same.
The extra message with the HTML tags take up extra space and can be a
problem with people who have small mailboxes, especially with the increase
of messages on the list that has started with the beginning of the school
year.

I have noticed a few messages with vcards on them that also don't come
across well.  It is not necessary to include a vcard since most of us have a
signature which includes a way to reply to the sender.  One message that I
tried to read today had a vcard with very strange symbols and the vcard was
actually longer than the message (when I finally found the message).  The
vcard can also come across as an attachment to a message.

We appreciate everyone's contribution to LM_NET, especially at the beginning
of the school year when so many of us are trying to open our libraries.  I
know that our new librarians can learn a lot from us as they begin their
career.  It is important that messages be kept as free of clutter as
possible so the readers can get the most out of them.  If a simple
adjustment to the settings of a mail program is all that is needed, I urge
you to make that change.

There are two ways to read messages if you feel that your mailbox is getting
too full.  The first is to use the digest option.  The second is to read the
messages in the archives, which is updated daily.  The URL to the archives
is at the bottom of each message that goes out to the list.

Have a great year!  You're doing a great job!



Madeline Buchanan
LM_NET Hospitality Committee
LM_NET Member since 1994
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Madeline L. Buchanan, Library Media Specialist
W. J. Christian School, Birmingham, Alabama  35206
Phone (205) 838-7666 or 838-7673
Fax (205) 838-7622
mlbuchan@wwisp.com
http://members.wwisp.com/~mlbuchan/
http://www.scott.net/~wjc/

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