Just a reminder that there are multiple forums hosted by IPC (DesignerCouncil gets a
lot of traffic related to CAD etc. and has a more focused audience.

Additionally, all eight of our forums offer THREE methods of subscribing and
receiving the information.  The standard way is to receive each posting as a separate
message.  1st alternate is to receive a Digest msg; a single msg generated by the
list server every time it has accumulated 1,000 lines of text from postings.  You
can't review the subject lines without scrolling through the whole msg though.
(1,000 lines is the low side of message size limit for MOST e-mail systems, but there
are SOME companies, free and smaller service providers that have tighter limits. The
Digest method won't work in that case because content will be truncated [cut off].)
2nd alternate is to receive a daily digest method with only the subject lines.  If
the user wants to see something, they have to have to able to access the IPC web site
through any browser and pull the message from the archives.  This method won't work
if you can't access the world wide web for whatever reason.

Our web site has information on subscribing in these alternate methods.  If you can't
access the www, e-mail to me directly OFFNET for additional info.  Steve Gregory
posted a message yesterday that also provides the info (Thanks, Steve.)

The MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR USERS IS TO PUT A PROPERLY DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT LINE ON
THEIR MESSAGE.  "Need Help" doesn't say much and the msg probably won't be read by
everyone.  "Need help w/inert wave process" will get you lots of support from our
great troup of supporters.

We are proposing having a "Legends of the Technet" at the IPC/SMTA Electronics
Assembly Expo in Providence RI this October.  This will probably be done in a "panel"
format like we did the first time.  We'll be inviting some of the regular (verbose?)
technet posters/supporters to sit on the panel.  Anyone interested reply back to me
OFFNET.  (Electronics Assembly Expo replaces the IPCWorks fall technical committee
meetings/conference and the SMTA Technology In The Park conference and will include
assembly related exhibits.  Reply back to me OFFLINE for more info.)   Jack

Jack Crawford, IPC Project Manger - Assembly
2215 Sanders Road, Northbrook IL  60062-6135
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847-509-9700 x 393
fax 847-509-9798

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