Group -
We're on our way to 40 members! Congratulations! It looks like we're getting
off to a great start, but there are a few bumps in the road I need to
comment on.
1. Duplicate subscriptions... it appears a couple folks received invitation
e-mails to both their work and personal e-mail accounts. If this happened to
you, and you replied to both invitations, both of your e-mail accounts will
be subscribed. Sometimes that is nice to be able to read group posts both at
home and at work (while on break, right?? [grin]). However, if this is not
what you wanted, from the e-mail account you do not want subscribed, send a
blank e-mail to felder-woodworking-unsubscribe@... ... if that
doesn't work for you, send me an e-mail (Geoff@...) and I'll remove
whichever account you tell me to.
2. Uploads to the Vault... we have this exciting new capability to share
pictures and documents on the group's web site
(); note that you'll be
prompted to create an eGroups account if you haven't already - it's easy. I
want to encourage everyone to upload relevant stuff there rather than send
e-mail file attachments. It would greatly help things if we commit to using
a handful of common file formats that everyone should be able to use.
o JPEG for photos (saves room)
o GIF for drawings/diagrams (does well with line drawings)
o HTML, PDF (Adobe Acrobat), or plain TXT for articles
Please make sure your upload has the proper file extension (three of four
letters after the dot, as in "My_Shop_Pic.jpg"). Although it is convenient,
I don't recommend we use Microsoft Word (".doc") format in the Vault. The
problem is not everyone owns a copy of Word. However, there is a free Word
viewer application on Microsoft's site. It is better to export your articles
to HTML, PDF, or plain TXT before uploading. Some word processors can export
to PDF, so that is a good choice for mixed text and graphics.
As Paul Schumacher pointed out, it would be good if everyone who uploads
makes it easy to identify the author/owner of the file - either make your
own folder in the appropriate place, or change the filename to something
like "Making_Perfect_Sawdust_by_Geoff_Shepherd.pdf"... remember to keep the
correct file extension on there or it is very difficult to tell what kind of
file it is and what is needed to view it.
3. E-mail format... if you can, please set your e-mail program to send
messages in Plain Text rather than HTML format.
Thanks for putting up with my little lectures! ;-)
--
Geoff Shepherd
(felder-woodworking group manager)
