RE: formatting e-mail

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Michel, Dick (and others):

There is no standard for formatting e-mail. It is generally considered rude to 
include any sort of text formatting for this reason (that very very much 
includes sending html-ized messages which will be unreadable to many; excess 
messiness to most others), but do understand that not everyone has the time, 
inclination, or ability to turn off such features. On the other hand, thanks 
for bringing up the issue so people can get a double reminder to pay attention!

ari

At 12:12 PM 3/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
>All,
>
>Do you think you could write your emails in 10 point font? When I read
>something in 14 point font, as is the message below, it seems (to me) as
>if you are shouting.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dick
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: borzykowski [SMTP:borzykowski (at) infomaniak(dot)ch]
>>Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 11:59 AM
>>To:   World music from a Jewish slant
>>Subject:      Re: heartless and soul-less ethnomusicologists
>>
>>Dear Judith, Bob and you all...
>>
>>First, let me thank you for reading so carefully my e-mails about the
>>concerts organized by the AMJ in Geneva. It's great that we, Jewish music
>>lovers, can communicate over the ocean "wi alte fraynt"!
>>
>>But let's come to our point: Reading your comments, I understood perfectly
>>that the use of the word "ethnomusicologist" in this context could have been
>>shocking. But, be sure that it wasn't our purpose! Why should we outrage
>>ethnomusicologists in a concert announcement? What kind of promotion is that?
>>
>>The staff of the AMJ includes, beyond music lovers and musicians some
>>ethnomusicologists and we sincerely admire their work that hinders the Jewish
>>music, our music, to sink into oblivion.
>>
>>In fact, this clumsy sentence was written by? Rene Quiquerez, Katia Larvego's
>>manager! Paraphrasing Giora Feidman (!?), he probably tried to express his
>>feeling that Katia sings "mit harts un gefil", rather than with her brain. As
>>I never heard her, I can't know if this opinion is true (I'll try to answer
>>this question after the concert!)
>>
>>As far as I know, Katia has Jewish "Yikhes", but she wasn't educated in the
>>tradition. That's not a good reason, before the concert, to "excuse her for
>>her idleness or egoism", nor to prejudge that "she didn't understand
>>thoroughly the traditions she sings": We wouldn't have invited her! Just
>>sorry that nobody (even among our ethnomusicologists!) noticed this stupid
>>blunder and corrected it before sending it to everybody.
>>
>>Thanks to all for your remarks.
>>
>>In name of the AMJ in Geneva:
>>
>>Michal
>>
>>Michel Borzykowski12 chemin FranconisCH-1290 VersoixSwitzerlandtel (+41/22)
>>755.41.23fax (+41/22) 776.14.94e-mail: borzykowski (at) infomaniak(dot)ch
>><mailto:borzykowski (at) infomaniak(dot)ch>homepage: 
>><http://borzykowski.users.ch>
>>
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