[meteorite-list] Awfully quiet

[Art Jones]

Hi Michael/List;

Great to hear from you!  Rich formatting is when your email software adds a special font, bold print, colored text, etc. to the email message. This is accomplished using HTML, which is what web pages use - so basically rich formatting makes email messages display more like a web page.  Unfortunately HTML in emails can also allow hackers to hide nefarious code within the message.

Cheers,  Art

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Blood [mailto:mlblood at cox.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:41 PM
To: Art Jones; Michael Farmer; Larry Atkins; Meteorite List
Cc: Met. Anne Black
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Awfully quiet

Hi Art,
        Nice to hear from you on this.
        Can you explain for us technologically nieve what "rich formatting"
Is? 
        Thanks, Michael Blood

On 4/30/15 11:12 AM, "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
wrote:

> Hi Mike/List;
> 
> It's actually simple to assure that your posts will show up:  don¹t 
> use rich formatting in your emails.  99% of the time an email doesn¹t 
> make it is due to the formatting.  I chose to block rich text and HTML 
> as a means of decreasing the possibility of virus transmission.
> 
> see policy #7  [7. Send emails in text format, not HTML or Rich Text 
> (these will be bounced)]
> 
> Happy Hunting,
> 
> -Art
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list 
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of 
> Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:06 AM
> To: Larry Atkins
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; impactika at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Awfully quiet
> 
> In my opinion the list is dying because 90% of what people post never 
> makes it. Most of my emails are blocked, never to appear. Why? I have 
> no clue. Most others tell me the same thing. I just post on Facebook 
> and sell my things in minutes.  Much easier. Why? I don't know.
> Sad to see, the list was once a great place where information and 
> stories were shared. Mostly now just an eBay add site.
> Michael
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Apr 30, 2015, at 9:30 AM, Larry Atkins via Meteorite-list 
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Anne, List,
>> 
>> I for one am sad to see the decline in list activity. I've been on 
>> here for many years and I miss the multiple, daily posts that we used 
>> to get. It was such an active, fun, educational, and entertaining 
>> place! (sometimes a little mean, too)
>> 
>> I joined facebook some time ago so as not to feel as out dated as I 
>> actually am : ) and to keep up with the times. Unfortunately for me, 
>> I don't seem to get the joy from facebook that the met list of old 
>> gave me. I have barely said 2 words on facebook. I really can't put 
>> my finger on what the disconnect is, but it's there. Perhaps it's the 
>> snippets of info instead of more details, maybe it's the hundreds of 
>> people that want to be my 'friend' that I've never heard of. Maybe I 
>> feel like it's going to be to much of a commitment once I dive in? On 
>> top of all this is the privacy issue, real or imagined.
>> 
>> The future is knocking and I know it's only a matter of time before I 
>> have to give in to change so as not to go socially extinct!
>> 
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Larry Atkins
>>  
>> IMCA # 1941
>> Ebay alienrockfarm