John,
I'm sending this message via our new e-mail list hosted by eGroups.com. You
and I are both managers of this list (hah, you've been volunteered!), and
there is a nice web interface at eGroups to manage the list, set policies,
and turn on and off different features.
To subscribe to this e-mail group, all one needs to do is send a blank
e-mail to: felder-woodworking-subscribe@...
To send a message to the entire group (currently compose of only you and
me), send e-mail to: felder-woodworking@...
I did not want to add everyone on our current informal list without their
permission. Probably the best thing to do is send out an invite to everyone
with the above instructions.
There is a way to get a snippet of HTML code which can be added to any web
site that makes it easy to subscribe to our mailing list. It's called a
subscription box, and I imagine it's as simple as filling in one's e-mail
address and pressing the subscribe button.
On the eGroups site, there are also some interesting features that allow us
to share photographs, have real-time chat, teleconference (no long distance
charges), read archived messages, and have a shared calander of events.
For right now, the list is set up as public and unmoderated. Anyone can
subscribe and post messages. If we need to change it to a private group or
use the moderation features, that is easy to do.
eGroups is advertiser supported, so I'm not sure what to expect in our
messages. If it gets annoying, they have a no-ads option for $5 a month paid
yearly, or we could find a different list server.
Well, let's give this a go.
--
Geoff Shepherd
Everett, WA
BF6-31, AF-22
