Charles Boisvert and Catherine Clinton wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> sorry about my posting about this list being like a cult. I meant it as a
> joke, but my jokes often get OT :-)
Hi Charles;
Never any need to apologize for speaking the truth.
Or were you afraid someone in the high priest's office was going to stick pins
in your e-mail for bring this fact to the attention of the uninitiated ?
> I've installed arachne on a refurbished computer to put my in-laws on
> e-mail. They are in their 70s and they've hardly ever used a computer
> before. Last week my father-in-law tried to ask for any Arachne
> manual/self-help tutorial in a bookshop... Now I've got some news for you:
> there aren't any Arachne for dummies for sale in bookshops ;)
Ohboy. I've been there and it's a bad place. The best thing (IMHO) that you
can do for them if email is all that's required right now is to automate it
for them. They turn it on and it goes and gets the mailand then goes right to
the inbox. Hit reply to answer or "c" to compose a new letter.
> Question is, has any of you got some basic howtos for Arachne that I could
> print and pass on? Also, my in-laws wouldn't like to receive all the
> e-mails on this list but how would you react if they sent a question to it,
> hoping for help on their address?
No problem here. I think some email back and forth might help them feel more
comfortable with the computer. But then when this gets to be natural they ask
"But what else can I do with it ?" Then you show them search engines.<g>
- Clarence Verge
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