#Message lifetime
13 messages in this thread
One more thing, who decides when to remove messages and are they permanently
gone when removed from this section?
Lanny,
I have to pay long distance or Tymnet charges for CIS use also and the learning
curve can be expensive. Hang in there as there are many ways to save money.
One suggestion I have is to use Go Practice which is free as far as forum
charges go. I use this when ever I have some new navigation software I want to
try out.
In addition there are several offline readers where you can perform CIS passes
in a couple of minutes and then read and respond off-line. Let me know if I can
help with any specific questions.
Jeff Coon
Traverse City,MI
07-Feb-94 at 6:11a EST
Thanks Jeff. I am interested in being able to compose messages offline. So
please explain.
I think I have a goo idea on how to navigate fairly well with the MacCIM and
the menu bar and the go commands, but there are a lot of things to learn yet.
Lanny
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Lanny,
Ah..you have a Mac. Great machine, however I not up on specific programs for
the Mac although I know there is a navigation program. Let me give you a
general explanation of my routine using Ozcis.
I make a first pass downloading my mail and visit about 5 forums where I down
load every message in one of them except for one section and download every
message on the board in this section. The other three forums I visit I download
message headers for my review. Any messages waiting for me are downloaded from
whatever forum on this first pass. All of this takes about 4 minutes of on line
time and is done automatically.
I read all downloaded messages and mail and respond. I then review the
quickscan headers and mark the ones I want to download. I also review any new
library entries in certain forums and mark them if I want a download.
I then make my second pass again automatically uploading my responses and
downloading anything I had indicated. This takes about two minutes depending on
what I ask to be downloaded.
All of this saves a lot of time, allows you to accomplish more, and save $$$!
There are several programs that do this, however I don't know the name of the
Mac Navigation program. Perhaps someone else will chime in.
Good Luck and feel free to ask any specific questions you might have.
Jeff Coon
Traverse City,MI
08-Feb-94 at 9:20p EST
Thanks Jeff and the others who replied.
A few more times in this forum and a few more questions and it should be fairly
easy. Unfortunately, time saving may be real necessary, I think my Tymnet
connection is limited to 2400 bps. So all time savers will help.
Lanny
Lanny,
Would you please give me some information on Mineral News?
Jeff
Hi Jeff
Mineral News is a monthly newsletter for mineral collectors with news on new
discoveries, new minerals, new localities, closure of localities, dealers–new
addresses, new material, etc., major show reports (Tucson, Denver, Munich,
etc.), locality descriptions, etc. with emphasis on the field collector and
"average collector." The rate is $15.00 per year for 2nc Class postage, $19.00
for First Class. It is in its 10th year with international distribution. I Edit
and publish and try to write as little of it as possible.
Thanks for your interest.
Lanny
We have a fixed number of messages on the board. When the newest message is
posted, the oldest one "scrolls off" – i.e. is deleted by the system. Messages
last about a week – maybe a little less. And when they're gone, they're gone.
I posted my first message in this forum on Friday night, then made a quick tour
on Saturday and read two responses. Saturday night when I came back to re-read
them and respond they were gone, so messages don't necessarily last a week.
Lanny
Your messages are still there–including the one you left Friday night
and the replies. To reread them, you have to tell the software to
look at older messages. I'm not familiar with MacCIM so I can't tell
you exactly how to do that, but typically there's a date on the
"search for messages" box, and if you don't set it back, it assumes
you only want to search for messages you haven't already seen–those
since your last visit to the forum. (In my opinion, that's a screwy
default, but….)
<< it assumes you only want to search for messages you haven't
already seen–those since your last visit to the forum.
(In my opinion, that's a screwy default, but….) >>
The alternative is to see ALL the messages EVERY time you enter the
forum. I think it would be extremely confusing to have to see them
all each time. You'd have to look at each one in order to know
whether you'd already read it or not, except for entirely new
threads. Next time you enter the forum, set your date all the way
back — that's what it would look like.
I think it's much simpler to see just the new messages, and it's not
difficult to set the date back an appropriate number of days if you
need to see older messages.
Hi, Lanny–
Note my reply on "invisibility" of messages in your other thread (subject).
The messages truly vanish from the message board later on, after a certain
number (or volume) of later messages have been posted, depending on which
forum. In this forum, they typically last about a week, though when physics
section got hot about cold fusion, it once shrank to 3 days.
–Doug
Thanks again.
I need to learn how to upload, and my idea is to put condensed info/news for
mineral collectors in the library. Your thoughts on this?
Lanny