ADMIN: Move Aftermath etc.

["Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com>]

 Gang,
 Two weeks after the move, and here's the scoop. Overall,
 the move went quite smoothly, and we're pretty relieved
 that nothing really horrid happened.
 
 We're having a few issues with the software (most notably
 that both MIME and regular digests are defective, secondarily
 that the software needs to be kick-started every few
 days), but nothing terribly worrisome. We're working
 with the vendor to get the known issues resolved, but
 the pre-beta that they supplied last week didn't work,
 so we're still waiting. Soon, we hope.
 
 The response to the new ad format and the sponsorships
 has been very encouraging. At the risk of sounding like
 a stale radio announcer, "Please support our sponsors--they're
 making this whole production possible!" The daily
 ad/event/job/announcement posting will continue to evolve,
 so if you have specific suggestions or issues, let me know.
 
 To anticipate other questions (well, we've been asked this
 only once, but...), no, it's not possible to
 unsubscribe from the ad posting without unsubscribing from
 TECHWR-L itself. The ads help pay for the list, therefore
 if you're on the list, you'll get the ads.
 
 We've set the list software to automatically reject messages 
 with more than 20 consecutive quoted lines, with attachments,
 or with HTML formatting, and from all indications, this is doing
 a really good job of cleaning out much of the technical 
 garbage from the list (as well as making digests less susceptible
 to crashes). Additionally, the software rejects messages that sound
 like they're inappropriate (e.g., messages with a subject line 
 containing "out of the office"), which also helps. 
 
 As always, if you have questions, drop a note to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- 
 
 Thanks,
 Eric and Deborah
 
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 Revised 12 September 1999
 
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