It isn't going to work, either. Not unless the entire M$oft Outlook default
installation is altered and not unless the world is re-educated towards
bottom posting. And that is just not going to happen.
It's a little but like trying to change "Estuary English" back to "correct"
English.
First, people don't understand the hint.
Second, people are not going to start doing one thing here and another thing
in the rest of their lives.
Third, except on newsgroups, people are wholly accustomed to top posting
-----Original Message-----
From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Christacopoulos
Sent: 20 November 2006 21:26
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] The survey - Progress report
Roland Perry wrote:
> [rearranged again:]
>
>> [rearranged so as to be in chronological order:]
Howdy,
It does not work, does it? The hint I mean.
Charles
>
>>>>>>I have had a couple of emails telling me that members have tried
>>>>>>to get to the survey and failed.
>
>>>>>The survey asks for an email address and a password. The former I
>>>>>can find, the latter is a complete mystery. I had to apply for a
>>>>>new password.
>
>>>>A little awkward, but not insurmountable.
>
>>>A few hours on an IT helpdesk will show that "needing a password you
>>>didn't even know you had" is more than enough for many users to
>>>describe the situation as insurmountable - quite irrespective of any
>>>mechanism to recover a password.
>
>> While I do not disagree, this is the way JISCMail works. If we want
>> to get full benefit from the JISCMail service then a minor investment
>> needs to be made in obtaining the password.
>
> I run a mailing list on a quite different topic. You'd be surprised
> how resistant people are to make that sort of small investment :( And
> that's when there's something in it for them, not just an opportunity
> to help another by filling in a survey.
>
>> Unless you have a better suggestion, of course, which I think we'd be
>> grateful for. The JISCMail helpline takes requests for enhancements
>> of their services.
>
> I am not criticising the general need for a password, merely
> commenting that this need is an entirely plausible reason for the
> "failures" (of the survey link) that have been reported to you.
--
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Information Management, Tower Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1
4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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