[Fwd: Greetings]

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Greetings CJ, you wrote thusly:

> Hello to whoever, As you can see by the forwarded message that it was
> written on the 19th  and it still has not been on the disscussion list.
> Could someone there tell me why?

Sometimes, mail gets kinda lost after it's sent... it just get sent to
email oblivion.  Had it made it through to the listproc the first time
and had been rejected, us owner/moderators would have sent back a copy
of it to you so you could have added a smiley or made some other minor
change so that you could post what you wanted to say.

> And I also requested a list of e-mail address's of the subscribers and
> still have not received that?

BTW- saints, when CJ sent me the message that she sent to the listproc
about getting the list of subscribers to H-F, I discovered a reason why
some commands just don't make it to the listproc.  It came back to her
because it was received as "empty" not knowing what to do.  Upon examination
of her message, it went something like this:

CJ>>To:  listproc@prairienet.org
CJ>>Subject: (no subject)
CJ>>
CJ>>-- 
CJ>>review higher-fire

Email programs commonly insert the "signature" file after a line that
begins with two hyphens at the beginning of a sentence.  Since CJ's 
command was after the double hyphens "--" it was considered a comment
to be ignored, thus making her command empty.  If you've had similiar
problems with the listproc, it's probably for this reason.

> Although  one post written by Tyler Nally on Sept 17 has caused me to
> wonder if perhaps one of the words he choose to describe some of the
> subscribers was without thinking about what it actually ment. I quote
> from his post "We know that there are several "lurkers" out there on H-F
> that never post anything to the list. Those lurkers certainly won't be
> using up their 1-in-4 quota........" 

"Lurkers" is emailing list term used for people that "receive" email
from a list, but don't normally engage themselves in the discussions and
interplay of ideas, thoughts, etc.  By *lurking* nobody (except the 
moderator/owners or anybody that does a regular review of the list and
compares past lists to current lists) really knows your listening/reading
the conversations that have been going on.  Essentially invisible.  Lurking
isn't bad and not meant to be degrading.  That's just the common term used
on the 'net for *list listeners*.

I'd say prior to CJ's email, CJ was a "lurker".  On other lists, when a
*lurker* comes out of hiding and starts to engage himself/herself in some
of the conversation, he/she is commonly said to have "decloaked" from
invisibility to say something.  Taken from the action of a Klingon or 
Romulan space ship in the Star Trek television series when the "cloaking 
device" (that renders invisibility) has be deactivated.  Sometimes those 
that have *decloaked* return to a *lurking* mode, sometimes not.

> I would also like to say to the moderators, "Thankyou", You are very
> much appreciated. I for one cannot imagine all that it takes to begin
> and maintain this list, that we all enjoy. The Lord continue to bless
> you as you are a blessing to others.

Ahhhhh.... the brownie points mount as the moderator/owners are 
complimented.  Sometimes a much "thankless" job.  But lately have
received a fair amount of "Thank you's" from the saints on the 
list.  I appreciate it very much.  I believe Bro. Richard appreciates
the "Thank you's" as much as I do as well.

To which I say... "Thank you and your welcome" for the thank you's given.

Bro. Tyler
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