[Fredslist] Warning: Your HTML posts never appear in Fredslist digest

[Victor Urbach]

If you're not on digest mode for Fredslist messages, you probably don't
realize that those of us who are see your postings in a very different way.

ESPECIALLY if you send your emails in "HTML" mode (fancy fonts, graphics,
"stationary," etc.). The system used by Fredslist strips out all the good
stuff and your post ends up looking like this:

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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:06:19 -0500
From: "Gil Effron" <gil at strategiesforgrowth.net>
Subject: [Fredslist] No "negative predictions" from Gotham SOLO 
To: <fredslist at gothamnetworking.com>
Message-ID:
	<mailman.4175.1233159498.3448.fredslist at gothamnetworking.com>
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Not to pick on Gil... I just grabbed his at random from the last digest as
an example. The body is completely stripped out, and the only meaningful
info is the subject line. Everything else is essentially trash.

LESSON #2: Learn how to send your emails in "plain text" mode so they
actually show up as Fredslist digest postings.


Next... us digesters mainly look at "Today's Topics" which appear at the top
of the message:

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Today's Topics:

   1. Donation Requests- Airfare to Puerto Vallarta;	Golf in NY
      (IrisWolinsky at aol.com)
   2. The Going Home Service for the Legendary John "Boy	Wonder"
      Isaacs (Fred Klein)
   3. TV segment Opportunity (Susan Solovic)
   4. Use your membership by riding the circuit. (Judy Heft)
   5. Gotham NYC Seminar - Immigration Law and	Employer Compliance:
      A New Era for Employer Liability (marc at mwhgroup.com)
   6. Brainlink is hiring experienced IT helpdesk personnel! (Raj Goel)
   7. Do you know a great dentist? (newthynk at aol.com)
   8. How Did We Ever Live Before Computers? (Nancy Schess)
   9. LOOKING FOR A BROKER OF AIRPLANES AND HELICOPTERS (Leslie Fitting)
  10. Resumes Not A Good Subject Line: 3 Rules for a Good Email on
      Fredslist (anna at lieberbrewster.com)
  11. No "negative predictions" from Gotham SOLO  (Gil Effron)

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Part of the reason we are on digest mode is because we don't have time to
read everything. We'll only scroll down to the numbered item if the subject
line catches our eye.

LESSON #2: Learn to write good headline-style subject lines. (This is an
important life skill anyway.)

-Victor Urbach