Re: Looking for guinea pigs

no darling - just try it again!
:-)

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 19:27:46 -0600

>Wish I was! Does one mistake (no period) mean consignment to limbo???
>Cathy
>On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 07:19 PM, Pamela J. Evans wrote:
>
>> did it - I'm on.
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Date:  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 18:02:40 -0600
>>
>>> Donna,  ????
>>> Cathy
>>> On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 05:51 PM, Donna wrote:
>>>
>>>> You missed the ----.---- between hort.net
>>>>
>>>> Try again!
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>>>> Behalf Of cathy carpenter
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 5:53 PM
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Looking for guinea pigs
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to sign up, and my request was returned with the following
>>>>> message: The following addresses   had permanent fatal errors --
>>>>> <majordomo@hortnet> (reason: 550 Host unknown)
>>>>> Cathy
>>>>> On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 01:51 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    I'm pretty close to unveiling a new feature of hort.net and am
>>>>>>    looking for guinea pigs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    As part of an effort to make the hort.net mailing lists more
>>>>>>    cohesive and easier to navigate, I've created a new interface
>>>>>>    to the various lists.  Basically, this means that you can read
>>>>>>    your gardenchat, perennials, ferns (and the list of hort.net
>>>>>>    lists goes on) mail from a news reader instead of your email
>>>>>>    program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    There are many benefits to this scheme:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       1.  You can easily view messages in any format: threaded,
>>>>>>           by date, author, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       2.  You only view the subjects of the messages, then click
>>>>>>           on the ones that you want to view.  It saves us both
>>>>>>           bandwidth and download time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       3.  The news archive is kept indefinitely, so you don't have
>>>> to
>>>>>>           worry about missing messages if you're out of town or have
>>>>>>           a small mailbox that might bounce if you're over quota
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       4.  Since people view messages when they want to instead of
>>>>>>           having us send them all out at once, it distributes our
>>>>>>           bandwidth usage more evenly (which is a good thing).  It
>>>>>>           saves hort.net money (we pay much more than you probably
>>>>>>           think for our bandwidth right now)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Anyhow, I'm looking for people who would be willing to try this.
>>>>>>    Before I start giving access to people I'd like to have some
>>>>>>    discussions about the way that I'm setting things up.  I have
>>>>>>    some ideas, but I want to make sure that they're all OK with
>>>> everyone
>>>>>>    before I program it all in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    OK, the meat of this message...  If you're interested in being a
>>>> beta
>>>>>>    tester and/or being involved in the decision-making process, send
>>>>>>    an email to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       majordomo@hort.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    with the body of your message containing the single line
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       subscribe admin-nntp
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    You'll get a confirmation message back; just reply to it and
>>>> you'll
>>>>>>    be signed up!  We'll use that list to talk about stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX/zone 8A
>>
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A


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