[optimal] Re: Welcome to the new OPTIMAL list.
- From: Robert Curtin <bobcurtin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:15:07 -0400
I suggest y'all try digest mode if you don't want a million emails
Bob Curtin
DARC Reading Center
On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Joe Warnicki wrote:
> Welcome to the new OPTIMAL list.
>
> I just moved the entire membership of the old list over to this list.
>
> The OPTIMAL server had another power problem and a new solution needed to be
> found quickly.
>
> I have connected with a group, freelists.org, that will give us a list serve
> and I moved OPTIMAL to it until a better solution can be found. It has web,
> RSS and email access so once joined you can get messages with any of these
> methods.
>
> The link to join, change options, remove duplicate emails and review the
> archive is //www.freelists.org/list/optimal
> The list will send you a password if you enter your email address without a
> password.
>
> To post just send an email to optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> The list has several advantages. It is actually more like the original
> OPTIMAL then the last version. You can now attach images and you can also
> review messages using an RSS feed. It also has a digest mode.
>
> That being said it does not have all the advantages that we would want to
> share information. I’m still looking at other solutions which will give us
> more features but at least this site will have better availability.
>
> Anton and Mark have already made some suggestions for a better list, if
> others have ideas I would also like to discuss these.
>
> We started OPTIMAL back in 1993 with only 25 users. At that time most
> ophthalmic photographers shot on film and did not have email addresses. I
> don’t have an accurate current membership since some users have multiple
> email addresses registered but I would guess we have between 800 and 1000
> members world wide.
>
> Thank you all for participating.
>
> Joe
>
> --
> Joe Warnicki
> J-WAR Systems Inc.
> 700 Carla Drive
> Pittsburgh, PA
> warnickij@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ph 412-517-8792
> cell 412-327-6042
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