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Re: [ontolog-forum] Inundated by the postings? - you can choose 'digest'

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From: "Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:56:21 -0700
Message-id: <af8f58ac0608161256jb96cf61wb8a4f06f62aa578@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks you, Michael, Natasha & Mary. All set as per your request!    (01)

I apologize for forgetting to ask ... if you want to switch options,
please send me the instruction *off-line* please. I don't want to
further contribute to the inundation.    (02)

Cheers.  =ppy
--    (03)


On 8/16/06, Mary Keitelman <spectaclebear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> even tho I'm not an ontologist, ontologies are of
> interest to me from the standpoint of organizing and
> serving information -- on websites and elsewhere.
> Mostly websites! I appreciate the whole idea of
> Communities Of Practice-- and roll it out to project
> teams and others who have not heard of it.
>
> I'll get the digest! and wish I had time to find out
> tomorrow the answer to: "What does Sparkling Wine have
> to do with Semantics?"
>
> Mary Keitelman
>
> --- "Peter P. Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Looks like we are getting a very exciting dialog
> > going about
> > "Database and Ontologies" (or whatever tangent that
> > takes the
> > community off too. This is great! ... and I hope we
> > can all get
> > something out of it, professionally.
> >
> > Thanks to all for their contribution ... do keep it
> > up!
> >
> > That said, this is not for everyone either. ... The
> > following is
> > an edited version of the exchange I just had with a
> > member of the
> > community. I hope this serves as a FAQ answer to
> > those who cannot
> > afford the time (or have no immediate interest in
> > the topic being
> > heatedly debated.)
> >
> > //
> >  > [member] If I continue to receive drivel like
> > this one, I
> >  > will soon insist that you remove me from the
> > list.
> >
> > [ppy] We don't usually get that much traffic ...
> > someone must
> > have struck the right chord ... Sorry! :-)
> >
> > Before asking to be unsubscribed, I want to run two
> > other options
> > by you about our mailing list. We can actually set
> > the list
> > distribution 3 different ways:
> >
> > (i)   the default distributes postings to a
> > subscriber's inbox
> > (which is the option you are in now, by default.)
> >
> > (ii)  a daily digest option (where the whole day's
> > messages gets
> > rolled into one, and that gets delivered to your
> > inbox.)
> >
> > (iii) a 'no mail' option, where nothing gets
> > delivered to your
> > inbox, and you go catch up on community exchanges at
> > the forum
> > archives (see archive at:
> > http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/).
> >
> > The only difference between (iii) and my
> > unsubscribing you all
> > together is, psychologically, whether or not you are
> > still part
> > of the community. Makes no difference in terms of
> > the
> > availability of the content to you. (Of course,
> > members do get to
> > post to the forum, and non-members don't.)
> >
> > That's the virtue (and the sin) of the 'open'
> > Internet. Neither
> > you or I have (or want to have) control over it. I
> > hope the
> > options I presented above would help mitigate the
> > situation. All
> > options are open to you ... and you, alone, decide,
> > when and how
> > you like to engage.
> > //
> >
> > That said, I don't want to see anyone leave the
> > community because
> > it's started to get interesting. Therefore if you
> > just don't want
> > that much traffic, drop me a note, and I can set you
> > up for
> > options (ii) or (iii) (mentioned above). You can
> > actually do it
> > yourself too (if you still have your password, go
> > to:
> >
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/mailman/listinfo/ontolog-forum
> > ... the
> > option is at the bottom of that page.)
> >
> > Cheers.  =ppy
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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