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Hi, All!

First of all, thanks to everyone for all the great recipes! I think

the list is going very well.

I want to make sure that everyone is aware of the options they have

with their subscription to the list.

First of all, it seems that the main reason that people have been

unsubscribing from the list is " too much mail " . It's kind of amusing to

me why anyone would to a mailing list and then complain about

receiving the mail, but, okay. I receive between 100-200 e-mails per

day (and I know people who receive even more), so the 15-25 e-mails from

this list are not that many to me. I take that as a good sign -- not a

dead list with little to no postings. I have changed the list

description on ONElist noting that this is a fairly busy list, and I

hope that helps people understand the type of list they will be

joining. Now I can understand when people have different things going

on in their lives, get busy, and can no longer keep up with the mail,

that's a different story. Also, for those who do not have MasterCook,

they are accumulating lots of recipes with no place to put them other

than in a word processing file or something.

I know, I'm digressing, so let me get back to the point: If anyone

does not like receiving all the individual e-mails from the list, there

is a digest version. With the digest version on ONElist, *1* e-mail is

sent out when 25 messages have been received by the list and/or at the

end of the day. With this list, 1 or 2 digest per day will go out. If

anyone would like to change to digest, you may do so by logging in at

the ONElist site: , clicking on " Veg-Recipes " and

then follow instructions from there. Keep in mind that on digest

version, there may be some delay in receiving questions & requests

posted and answers to your own questions and requests.

Another option is if you only want to stop mail temporarily for

whatever reason (busy, going out of town, going on vacation, etc.), you

can set your subscription for " no mail " . That way, you remain a list

member and you can even still post to the list, but you will not receive

any mail from the list. This is easier and faster than unsubscribing

and then subscribing again. This can be taken care of on the ONElist

site too.

I would like to ask that everyone give the list a chance before

unsubbing. We are not having a decline in list members. No, quite the

contrary -- there are 225 now and it keeps growing. However, sometimes

people have d and d the same day (some in less than

an hour!) or within a couple of days. A list may need at least a couple

of weeks to a month to get a real " feel " for it.

Next, I hope y'all have checked out the Bookmarks I set up. If you

go to the ONElist site and, again, click on " Veg-Recipes " , and then

choose " Bookmarks " , you can view and access the Bookmarks I have set up

for this list. There are ones for MasterCook info, vegetarian sites,

recipe sites, etc.

I am working on putting together a " bulletin " which will go out to

every list member on a monthly basis. This will be similar to this

post, but more comprehensive, with reminders about to to unsub, change

to digest or no mail, etc. I will also have it go out to new

rs.

Someone suggested to me that maybe we could choose a cookbook (or

magazine?) each week and ask everyone who has that particular cookbook

to post their favorite recipes from it. To expound on that idea -- we

could also have " theme weeks " or just days where perhaps soup recipes

are posted or casseroles or vegan dishes, or whatever. This does not

mean that postings would be limited to the theme -- other recipes could

be posted in addition to whatever the " theme " or " cookbook " is. What do

you all think of this idea? While we're at it, does anyone have any

other ideas or suggestions? I'm certainly open to them.

Thanks a bunch!

 

Karen

List Owner