Hi Marvin (and all)

 

Could you please reconsider your decision not to put the list back on automatic?  Previously, you stated that there were problems with viruses, and extraneous information getting into the archives.   These seem like relatively miner issues, and since whining worked so well for the archives, I thought I’d try it again :-)

 

It just seems like there has to be an anti-virus program to handle that part of the problem.  If software needs to be purchased, I’d certainly contribute to the cost, as I’m sure would a number of list members.   

 

As for the extraneous data, I just don’t see that being a huge problem.  First, hard drives are cheap, and second, I’m guessing you could edit the extra stuff out of the archives if it bothered you that much.  Would that be any more time consuming than what you currently have to do with each email?  You could also make the point that leaving the list on manual contributes to extra data in the archive.  In many cases, someone will ask a fairly common question.  If the list were in auto, the first one or two people that received the question would answer it, and everyone else would know it was already answered.  With the list on manual, it can be 12 to 72 hours before any answers appear, so a half dozen or more people might reply with the same answer.    

 

Thanks for consider this request.  If there’s any way we can help (contribution for software, hard drives, etc) let us know. 

 

Rusty