[UrbanCropCircle] group communication via Sustainable Ballard /Urban Crop Circles "mailman" program

[Julia Field]

Hi Susan,

Thanks for all your work on this!

I noticed this afternoon that it had been switched from digest, and so  
I went in and thought I'd successfully put myself back on digest - I  
am actively working to thin my inbox, and digest is the only way I'll  
stay on this list (or any list).  Now I seem to be back off of digest  
- could you please advise if we have a choice, and how to make it?   
Thanks!

Julia

On Jun 7, 2010, at 10:24 PM, Susan Helf wrote:

> Dear fellow gardeners,
> We are going back to the Sustainable Ballard/Urban Crop Circles  
> "mailman" program for
> electronic communication. It is sometimes referred to as "the  
> listserve." Many of us were annoyed by the
> excessive verbiage that accompaned every new message coming through  
> the mailman. We temporarily
> switched to using an email list, but that list was time-consuming to  
> update and had accuracy problems.
>
> Michael Wolf diagnosed the problem with the mailman system. It was  
> set on "digest," the default setting,
> which allows hundreds of emails to be bundled and sent together. We  
> shut off the "digest" setting.
> Now you should receive only the latest message.
>
> Directions for using the mailman system:
>
> 1. Sending messages: type  
> urbancropcircle at lists.sustainableballard.org into your browser.
> Your message will go to everybody on the UCC list.
>
> 2. Subscribing or unsubscribing. There's no need to notify me or  
> Paula about adding or
> removing names from the list. You can do it anytime yourself. Here's  
> how:
>
>     Go to the link at the bottom of the Urban Crop Circles message  
> page:
>     http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org
>     Click on the link.  When you get to the UCC page, scroll down  
> near the bottom to the
>     subscribe/unsubscribe form.
>     Put your email address (and name, if you wish) into the  
> appropriate place on the form
>     click "submit"
>
> Paula put together a list of our email addresses. She'll send that  
> list to us
> as an attachment to a regular email. That will allow us to contact  
> each other individually.
>
> Jean and I, and possibly Paula, will make a trip to Nicklesville  
> this Friday, June 11,  to deliver more planting
> pots, compost and plant starts. Tonight UCCers donated plant starts,  
> batteries, blankets, a tarp and a pair
> of shoes for the residents of Nicklesville. Thanks to everyone who  
> made a donation.
> The Nickolodeans could use other items as well:
>
> more plant starts and seeds (including flowers;) socks, band-aids,  
> cough syrup, scrap plywood for boardwalk
> paths on their muddy campground; fleece jackets, rain jackets,
>
> Please leave  donations on my porch by 9 a.m this Friday.  My  
> address is 740 N. 82nd St. I live between Linden
> and Fremont Avenues North, 1.5 blocks west of Aurora Avenue.  My  
> phone number is (206( 782-1836.
>
> Thanks much,
>
>
> Susan Helf
> Urban Crop Circles mailman list adminstrator
>
> -- 
> "In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." - 
> Margaret Atwood
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