[WEB4LIB] RE: Library blog question

[Drew, Bill]

 I don't want to start a flame war here but I am looking to get
information to them in the way they prefer or are familiar with, not
what I might prefer.  RSS being considered better than e-mail is a
preference not a fact.  Please don't hijack this post for such a dead
end discussion.

Bill Drew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Michael Sauers
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 5:06 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Library blog question
> 
> > I am looking for some way to make them available
> > via e-mail as new entries are added.  I would like to find 
> some way to
> > let patrons "subscribe" to a particular category and have 
> them receive
> > it via e-mail, preferably the actual entry but would settle 
> for a note
> > saying it had been updated or a new entry added.  Each 
> category has an
> > RSS feed.
> 
> Bill;
> 
> It may have been on this list, it may have been on another, 
> but you're the
> second person I've encountered in the past week on this 
> issue. What's with
> the wanting e-mail notification of updates. Notification are 
> what the RSS