Re: IMs and such

Now wait a minute.  Every email goes to every person?
I think most email software allows you to set up groups so you can send to a
set of individuals without having to pick individual names.  It takes a
little extra time to set them up, but is worth it......which reminds me - I
really need to do that.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] IMs and such


> The real problem, I suppose, is everyone has different priorities
> associated with their positions. So while conference room scheduling
> may be WWIII important to the person in charge of that, the plumbing
> technicians could care less. What we need is some kind of "need to
> know" policy for sending e-mails in the first place. Of 150 employees,
> maybe 10 need to be reminded about scheduling conference rooms; maybe
> three need to know about a change in the price of PVC pipe. I am not in
> either of those select groups.
>
> On Saturday, January 15, 2005, at 11:48 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > You have a point, but it seems there should be strict limitations on
> > that
> > sort of message so that messages like some sort of trivia about
> > scheduling
> > conference rooms or having
> >>>>>> hired yet another day laborer could be looked at at a more
> > convenient time.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:22 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] IMs and such
> >
> >
> >> Not really if you use it properly i.e. not for junk mailings. From a
> > company
> >> standpoint if you are working at quoting out an order and the price
> >> just
> >> drastically changed, it will not be quoted at the wrong amount....
> >>
> >> My guys at work get messages from me ... of course, if something goes
> >> up a
> >> few pennies they don't, but when something doubles in price, you can
> >> bet
> > it
> >> is flashing on their screens!
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Well it's just wrong.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I doubt it Kitty.... sounds like it is generated by the internal
> > server,
> >>>> which means you can't mess with it....
> >>>>
> >>>> Donna
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ? You mean these inter-office emails just pop-up on your screen in
> > the
> >>>>> middle of what you are doing?  If so, surely you can modify that to
> > a
> >>>>> simple
> >>>>> notification on your toolbar or some such thing.
> >>>>> Mastered the camera yet?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kitty
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>>>> To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 4:06 PM
> >>>>> Subject: [CHAT] IMs and such
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> We don't have IMs at work, but we do have new mail
> > notification--and
> >>>>>> it's only different in degree. And I really like it. I really
> > enjoy
> >>>>>> being on deadline and having some moron interrupt what I'm trying
> > to
> >>> do
> >>>>>> with some sort of trivia about scheduling conference rooms or
> > having
> >>>>>> hired yet another day laborer. I may, one day soon, go postal when
> > I
> >>>>>> get the next notification that PVC pipe has gone up 0.002 percent
> >>> and
> >>>>>> prices are being adjusted accordingly.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Island Jim
> >>>>>> Southwest Florida
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