<div dir="ltr">Tried to send a jpeg to the list from an early 70's Ampex brochure the other day, no love. Not sure if the file was too big or some other issue.<div><br></div><div>Steve</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Steve Greene<div>Audiovisual Archivist</div><div>Office of Presidential Libraries</div><div>National Archives and Records Administration</div><div>(301) 837-1772</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:55 AM, Ted Langdell via QuadList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br>To: Quad List <<a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br>Cc: Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br>Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 01:55:32 -0700<br>Subject: The QuadList--Looking at options if one last effort to use MailMan doesn't fix problems--<br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>Re: The QuadList:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><div>After some further un-successful posting attempts by some of our more frustrated (and previously prolific) posters, I've come to the conclusion that a change in approach is needed.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't want to waste people's time generating further frustration.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll give the current MailMan approach one more try—— IF ——it is possible to back up all the existing messages and subscribers... delete the current instantation of MailMan, create a new one, and import the users and messages.</div><div><br></div><div>And we can then quickly determine that the existing problems have gone away.</div><div><br></div><div>I might create a test list and see if there are problems for these folks first. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm also looking at options, including forum software installable on the <a href="http://QuadVideotapeGroup.com" target="_blank">QuadVideotapeGroup.com</a> website that allows users to receive e-mails about new posts, and reply to them by e-mail.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently available apps that are part of our webhosting package 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Grande',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:16.2000007629395px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://proxy-netadmin-170584.backstage.site5.com/frontend/sa2/apps/index.php#" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(2,131,208);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">phpBB</a></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><div><br></div><div>I haven't had time to research or install/investigate these. Played a little bit with bbPress (a WordPress kin), Vanilla and FUDforum tonight. FUDforum may have support for some of what's needed, as identified below.</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone has specific knowledge of these apps, or the time to do so, I'd appreciate knowing whether they'll allow both a forum approach and an e-mail approach as we have now.</div><div><br></div><div>With 170+ subscribers, I want to be able to import the subscriber list, rather than have each subscriber have to register.</div><div><br></div><div>Being able to import the existing archive of messages and attachments would be a plus.</div><div><br></div><div>If there are other forum or list management apps folks can recommend, I'm interested in hearing about those. </div><div><br></div><div>Ease of installation, setup and management are high priorities.</div><div><br></div></blockquote>That's the scoop for now.<br><blockquote style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><div><br></div></blockquote><div>Hope your last Friday in April 2015 goes well.</div><br><div><div style="font-size:17px"><font size="3" style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-size:15px">Ted</span></font></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
<span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div style="font-size:17px"><font size="3" style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-size:15px">Ted</span></font></div><div style="font-size:14px"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:14px"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Ted Langdell</span></font></div><div style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-size:12px">Secretary</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12px">Quad Videotape Group</span></div><div style="font-size:14px"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">e-mail:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div></span>
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