Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing announcements about FreeDOS programs

[dmccunney]

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 11:11 PM Jim Hall  wrote:

> Also, at the bottom of every email sent through the lists, you have this 
> footer:
>
>> ___
>> Freedos-user mailing list
>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
>
> Clicking that gives you a page with an unsubscribe link.

Other mailing lists tend to place a direct list unsubscribe link, like
the "List-Unsubscribe:" link that Thomas found poking through the
headers at the bottom of every list post.  Perhaps the FreeDOS list
should do likewise?

> Jim
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Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing announcements about FreeDOS programs

[Jim Hall]

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 7:12 PM Thomas Mueller  wrote:

> > I can't find an unsubscribe link to FreeDos. Could you point me at that,
> or
> > take me off of the list?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > - Steve Owens
>
> My first thought was to look through the headers.  I found (excerpt)
>
> List-Id: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS."
> 
> List-Unsubscribe: <
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/options/freedos-user>,
>  ?subject=unsubscribe>
> List-Archive: <
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=freedos-user>
> List-Post: 
> List-Help:  ?subject=help>
>
>
> Tom
>
>

Also, at the bottom of every email sent through the lists, you have this
footer:

>
___
> Freedos-user mailing list
> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
>
Clicking that gives you a page with an unsubscribe link.


Jim
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[Freedos-user] Sharing announcements about FreeDOS programs

[Thomas Mueller]

> I can't find an unsubscribe link to FreeDos. Could you point me at that, or
> take me off of the list? 

> Thanks,

> - Steve Owens

My first thought was to look through the headers.  I found (excerpt)

List-Id: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS."

List-Unsubscribe: ,

List-Archive: 

List-Post: 
List-Help: 


Tom



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Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing announcements about FreeDOS programs

[stecdose]

On facebook you will reach a lot of people, that do not read or even 
heard about the mailing list(s).
Also I think it encourages people to get involved in discussions, 
reviews, ... if they see these on their phones every day/when something 
gets posted.


It is definitely not a place for serious discussion, no "backups", ..., 
on the other hand people are "more free" in what they are talking about.


I think it is a good place to share information in addition to the usual 
places.
I just have applied for join that facebook group, didn't even know that 
it exists. 1464 people already in there, that is a lot...


Nils





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Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing announcements about FreeDOS programs

[Jim Hall]

Yes. And to be clear, I'm sharing via Twitter and Facebook announcements
about *FreeDOS programs that I see mentioned on freedos-devel and
freedos-user.*

So I'm just generally sharing when I tweet something vs when it gets posted
as news on the website.



I sometimes get asked "why didn't you post my (new) program as a news
item?" and I just wanted to be clear that *just because you announce
something on the email lists doesn't mean it automatically becomes news
items on the website.*


On Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 1:42 AM Thomas Mueller  wrote:

> 
> So this emailing list, or freedos-devel, is an appropriate place to
> publicize any significant news relating to FreeDOS.
>
>
>
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[Freedos-user] Sharing announcements about FreeDOS programs

[Thomas Mueller]

> Just wanted to share a quick update that when I see announcements
> about programs for FreeDOS, I might post them as news on the website,
> or tweet about them from the FreeDOS Twitter account:
> http://twitter.com/FreeDOS_Project

> I may sometimes share them on the FreeDOS Facebook group:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/freedos/


> I don't have a hard and fast rule about how I share news, but my
> general policy is this:


> 1. If it's a new open source DOS program that's just getting off the
> ground, I'll usually just tweet it

> 2. If it's a new open source DOS program that's gone through several
> updates and is clearly going to be around for a while, I'll tweet it
> and post it as news

> 3. If it's a new open source DOS program by a current FreeDOS
> contributor, I might post it as news or maybe just tweet, depending on
> what the program does

> 4. If it's an update to an existing open source DOS program we already
> include in FreeDOS, or an update to a program everyone knows about, I
> usually post it as news and tweet it


> And most things that get posted as news also get shared on the  
> Facebook group, if I'm logged into Facebook at the time.


> Jim (Hall)

Twitter and Facebook users usually don't go there to look for information about 
FreeDOS, and not everybody belongs to Twitter or Facebook.

I have Facebook account but not Twitter.

Also, FreeDOS or other DOS users might not be able to access Twitter or 
Facebook (?), but many also use MS-Windows or open-source OS, and many also 
have mobile phones.

So this emailing list, or freedos-devel, is an appropriate place to publicize 
any significant news relating to FreeDOS.


Tom



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[Freedos-user] Sharing announcements about FreeDOS programs

[Jim Hall]

Just wanted to share a quick update that when I see announcements
about programs for FreeDOS, I might post them as news on the website,
or tweet about them from the FreeDOS Twitter account:
http://twitter.com/FreeDOS_Project

I may sometimes share them on the FreeDOS Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/freedos/


I don't have a hard and fast rule about how I share news, but my
general policy is this:


1. If it's a new open source DOS program that's just getting off the
ground, I'll usually just tweet it

2. If it's a new open source DOS program that's gone through several
updates and is clearly going to be around for a while, I'll tweet it
and post it as news

3. If it's a new open source DOS program by a current FreeDOS
contributor, I might post it as news or maybe just tweet, depending on
what the program does

4. If it's an update to an existing open source DOS program we already
include in FreeDOS, or an update to a program everyone knows about, I
usually post it as news and tweet it


And most things that get posted as news also get shared on the
Facebook group, if I'm logged into Facebook at the time.


Jim


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