[Lowfer] E-Mail Listings for Operators

[Les Rayburn]

At 01:22 PM 6/13/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Les, and the group.
>
>That doesn't sound like too much to ask.
>
>One more idea. What about a listing of the operators e mail address right 
>in the
>comments section of the Beacon List. This would allow you to easily 
>contact the
>owner and verify current status before wasting time on a capture session. 
>I know
>the e mail addresses of some of the operators are given elsewhere and I 
>did use
>them last winter to verify their operation. I got quick responses from 
>most of the
>operators with useful up to date changes and other reception reports of their
>beacons. Operators could even have a canned e mail response with up to 
>date info
>that could be fired off to answer a request. Simple and fast.
>
>This should be completely voluntary. I suspect those operators provided this
>service would get more reports than those that didn't. What NC and TAG 
>have done
>with their up to the minute status page is great, but everyone may not be 
>able to
>do this. The canned e mail response may be a suitable alternative.
>
>Comments?
>
>Jay Rusgrove, W1VD
>


I think that Jay's idea has merit but one potential drawback. Robots
are now used to search the web to obtain valid addresses to
send unwanted advertisements "Spam" to. These often include
pronographic messages and are a concern to most of us.

The only reliable work around is to change some key part of the address,
such as changing my e-mail address from:

les@highnoonfilm.com

to

les@highnoonfilm.nospam.com

Then you simply remove "nospam" to send me mail. It's not 100%
effective, but it sure helps. The other option is to place all the
e-mail lists in a password protected part of the site.

I'm open and will be happy to add the addresses.

Keep in mind that during the season, I try to do daily and even several
times daily updates on any beacon's status...so operators have the
option of keeping the info current.

73,

Les



Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Films
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Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
(205) 824-8930
(205) 824-8960 FAX
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