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Jack Crawford <[log in to unmask]>
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A lot of people signed off last year when a company in Europe had a mail server problem and started reposting all those duplicate messages back to our listservers. Most 'netters came back but not all.  Additionally, there have always been a lot of lurkers--people appreciating the wisdom that was provided but not too active on posting. As people retired or left their companies for whatever reasons over the last year, OR as companies have been acquired and email addresses changed we got bounces back--"no such user" "can't identify domain" are common.  

One option we have is to retain those addresses and keep posting to them and make our subscriber count look high.  Nawww. Not good for to have all that network junk. Our listserv automatically unsubscribes a member after a number of consecutive postings are bounced. I think it's automatic anyway, or Keach spends a lot of time keeping track of them and taking them out the hard way.  

Did some leave because of content? Probably. Their loss overall. Based on the number of regular postings, most technology related, there is still a very active forum. 

Jack

>>> [log in to unmask] 03/05/02 02:58PM >>>
Earl brings up a observation that I think several of us have made.  I think
this is an important issue.

I do not think we can even jokingly tar and feather Brian or blame too much
of it on the economy.  I mean we are talking about a halving of our numbers!
I would be interested if the IPC could tell us when the situation changed
from growth to decline, rate, etc.  Personally I signed off for a few
weeks/months last year, when I started to receive copies of e-mails that had
been posted several months earlier. I am wondering if this is when a lot of
others jumped ship and never came back.  Or did we drive some off with some
of our incredibly fun, but off-topic threads?

The reason I am concerned is that I think for a forum like this to be really
useful it requires a fairly large critical mass, especially since the topics
covered are so broad.  We need a large base to be sure we have experts from
all fields to answer the questions that are posed.

A reply from the IPC would be appreciated.

regards,
Bev Christian
Research in Motion

-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Moon [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: March 5, 2002 9:35 AM
To: [log in to unmask] 
Subject: Re: [TN] AUTOMOTIVE PACKAGING/SEALING REALIBILITY


Brian,

Thanks for the site/company/info. Just what I've been looking for and should
do the job well. Also, not too far away, like you.

You noticed the reduced number of participants on this forum? Can't remember
seeing it this low. I remember when Steve said we are getting close to the
2000 member mark and was only off by a few hundred or so. I suspect you've
been stealing them away to your environmental forum.

In any event, everyone says the economy is back on track. Of course,
contract engineers are being offered half what they made one year ago and I
don't see too many jobs available but for JSF, power, drugs, and some
strange stuff I've never heard of before.

Just thinking, a self flattery statement, on paper,

MoonMan

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