Bob Brockman
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 15
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: If You Got This Email, You Haven't Made A Contribution Yet! |
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Please delete my name from this list until further notice.
thanks,
bob brockman
Quote: | From: "BOB BROCKMAN" <packerbeagle(at)msn.com>
Reply-To: aviation-list(at)matronics.com
To: aviation-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: If You Got This Email, You Haven't Made A
Contribution Yet!
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:24:22 -0500
Lastly,
Youcan delete my name from the list so that I won't get these messages!
>From: Matt Dralle <dralle(at)matronics.com>
>Reply-To: aviation-list(at)matronics.com
>To: aviation-list(at)matronics.com
>Subject: If You Got This Email, You Haven't Made A
>Contribution Yet! Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 00:11:22 -0800
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>If you received this particular Matronics List Email message, its because
>you haven't yet made a Contribution to support your Lists! This is the
>first PBS-like funds drive message under the new distribution system. The
>new system selectively sends out the Contribution messages ONLY to those
>that forgot to whip out the 'ol credit card this year to support the
>continued operation and upgrade of the Matronics Email Lists! Don't you
>wish PBS worked that way?
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>You heard that right. Once you make your Contribution, these support
>requests messages during November will suddenly stop coming to your
>personal email inbox! Pardon me if I seem kind of excited about the new
>feature. I've wanted to implement something like this for a number of
>years now, but it was always such a daunting task to modify the back-end
>List processing code, that I just kept putting it off. Finally this year,
>I just decided to bite the bullet and put the code-pounding time it to
>make it work. A few days later, bam! A working system!
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>Anyway, I'll stop gushing now. I really do appreciate each and every one
>of your individual Contributions to support the Lists. It is your support
>that enables me to upgrade the hardware and software that are required to
>run a List Site like this. It also goes to pay for the Commercial-Grade
>Internet connection and to pay the rather huge electric bill to keep the
>computer gear running and the air conditioner powered up.
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>Your personal Contribution matters because when combined with other
>Listers such as yourself, it pays the bills to keep this site up and
>running. I accept exactly ZERO advertising dollars for the Matronics
>Lists sites. I can't stand the pop-up ads and all other commercialism
>that is so prevalent on the Internet these days and I particularly don't
>want to have it on my Email List site. I'm pretty sure you don't either.
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>If you appreciate the ad-free, grass-roots, down-home feel of the
>Matronics Email Lists, please make a Contribution today to keep it that
>way!!
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>http://www.matronics.com/contribution
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>Thank you!
>
>Matt Dralle
>Matronics Email List Administrator
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