| LED Digest 1893: Dealing with Conflicts of Interest |
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================================================== The LED Digest Moderated Discussion List "Effective Online Advertising, Since 1997" pair Networks: The LED's Web Host Hosting and Domain Reg. from a Trusted Leader pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains ================================================== List Moderator: Published by: Adam Audette LED Digest adam,led-digest.com http://www.led-digest.com ............................................... November 10, 2004 Issue #1893 ............................................... .....IN THIS DIGEST..... ======= NEW ===================== <Moderator Comment> ~ Early results are in... --== Conflicts of Interest ==-- ~ Mark Medlicott "I feel that if I turn [this client] down because of the conflict, [then I will lose] two jobs." ==== CONTINUING ================= --== SMTP Servers & Altering the 'From' Field ==-- ~ Steven Rothberg "Modifying the from field...is not a good idea even if your intentions are pure as the driven snow." --== Reading Digital Content ==-- ~ Kathryn Martyn "I like PDF mostly because it's multi-platform, and it prints the way you design it." ~ Susan Kubitz "...have you heard of Fineprint?" --== Mac Test Environment ==-- ~ Tom Aman "I have never had a problem running multiple versions of Netscape on the same machine." ==== BILLBOARD =================== --== Competent Patent Attorney Needed ==-- ~ Sumantra Roy ======== NEW ===================================== <Moderator Comment> I've got some preliminary results for you from our little poll yesterday. If you remember, I asked what you thought of making our current summer schedule (which is Tuesday through Thursday) permanent. Here's the rundown: In favor of 3 day schedule: 17 In favor of 5 day schedule: 6 It looks like a clear winner right now, but let's give it a few more days. If you'd like to have your say, then cast a vote. I'll post some of the comments you've been including with your votes, too. It's really pretty funny stuff! I didn't know we had such a bunch of comedians in our midst :-) -Adam ------------------------ From: Mark Medlicott Subject: Conflict of Interest This subject has probably been discussed before but I haven't seen it. I live in a small town (pop 28,000) in New Zealand, and as well as still studying I also design websites to supplement my income. Recently I finished a website for a business that makes trellis walls, fences, gazebos,etc. Now that was fine. However one of their opposition (there are about 4 trellis factories / outlets here) saw this website and immediately contacted me about designing him a website. He explained to me that trellis was eventually going to be a small part of his overall business and he therefore felt that there would be no conflict with my original customers. After meeting him I have established that he started business about 2 weeks after my clients took over an existing business. He also has his premises on the same street, and according to independent friends of mine put out a flyer that was identical to the other client 2 days after them. Today my original client rang to say he had been told by this person that I was also building a website for them and that he felt I was in a very bad "conflict of interest" position. I explained that I am in the web design business not the trellis business, and felt that by not accepting this work, was similar to him only selling his trellis to one builder and not all the other carpenters in the district. I would like to think I was earning enough money to be able to say no at my discretion, but that is not the case. Also this possible new client requires another website for his church, and I feel that if I turn him down because of the conflict, it only means that someone else will probably pick up the two jobs. What are your thoughts regarding this situation, as I am sure plenty of people have also been placed in a similar position. Regards Mark Medlicott Medlicott Design www.medlicottdesign.orcon.net.nz ===== CONTINUING ================================= From: Steven Rothberg Subject: SMTP servers > Our current web hosting company does not allow us to > modify the from field. They insist that we send out all > email with a valid email address from within our domain. - Kevin Houston, LED 1892 Modifying the from field, which is more commonly referred to as forging the from field, is not a good idea even if your intentions are pure as the driven snow. Although you do not appear to be trying to hide your identity as most of the less-than-pure spammers do, the reality is that most ISPs can easily tell if the from field has been modified or forged and routinely block all such emails. They will be unable to tell the difference or, in some cases, uninterested. There is a huge difference in being able to send emails and in having those same emails delivered. My suggestion: use the actual name of the organizations you work with as the prefixes and your actual domain name as the suffix. For example, if you want to send emails on behalf of ABC Limited and XYZ Corp and your real domain name is YourDomain.com, then set up the real email addresses of This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and use those email addresses as the from field. We send out targeted emails on behalf of employers once or twice a week to job seekers who have requested to be notified of new employment opportunities which match their interest. We use the above format and virtually 100 percent of our emails are delivered by the ISPs. Our customers still get the branding and their identity at the front of the from field helps with the open rate (the percentage of delivered emails which are opened or read by the recipients). The higher the deliverability and open rates, the more successful your email campaign will be. Steven Rothberg The Highest Traffic Job Board for Students & Grads http://www.collegerecruiter.com steven, collegerecruiter.com ------- new post - new topic ------- From: Kathryn Martyn Subject: Reading digital > If you want to try a new and effective format for e-books, > try MAGView... PDF... wasn't even designed for e-books > in any case, but for the lack of anything else, people used PDF. - Roland Matzke, LED 1891 Thanks Roland, for the suggestion. This doesn't address the concern of the original poster who wants to be able to read docs in an e-book reader though - or does it? Is the sizing dynamic? I'd have to disagree about PDF not being an option. It's used everywhere, including the courts. I like PDF mostly because it's multi-platform, and it prints the way you design it. I doubt it'll go away anytime soon, but there does need to be an option for documents to be read in e-book readers because they will likely become much more popular. Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP Ending Emotional Eating, One Bite at a Time http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com ------- new post - same topic ------- From: Susan Kubitz Subject: Reading e-books and saving paper Dear all, Just a quick note from a long-time "lurker" - have you heard of Fineprint? A colleague has downloaded it for me and I can print out reference material which I need to get into a subject for translation purposes without having to cut down as many trees! You can print 2 up, 4 up or 8 up on an A4 sheet. Maybe someone else knows the download address. I do commend it to those who don't want to take a computer screen to read in bed! http://www.fineprint.com/products/fineprint/index.html Thanks for all the wisdom you have long been unwittingly sharing with me. Yours sincerly, Susan Kubitz www.qualitytranslations.de ------- new post - new topic ------- From: Tom Aman Subject: Mac / PC testing > How about testing on the older versions of PC browsers? - Abu Haider, LED 1892 Two comments: 1. I have never had any problem with running multiple versions of Netscape on the same machine. In fact, I had to install an old version as one program I have will not work with the latest versions. Presently I have Netscape 7.1 happily coexisting with 4.7. As for downloading older version, go directly to Netscape's FTP site. You can find old versions (3.04 to 4.8) at http://ftp1.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english/. Some of the links do not lead to good downloads, but most of them will lead to installable downloads (be warned - some of the downloads are in excess of 20 megs). 2. IE is a different story. Since IE is kind of "built into" the Windows system, I believe you can only run one version (probably the latest if your system is up to date). So I expect Abu is right, you might need to run a virtual machine, or possibly partition the drive, make each partition bootable, then install Windows on each along with the desired browser version. Tom Aman Aman Software http://www.cyberspyder.com amant, cyberspyder.com ==== BILLBOARD =================================== From: Sumantra Roy Subject: Competent Patent Attorney Hi All, It's been a while since I posted to this list - have been involved in too many different projects. Can someone refer me to an excellent patent attorney based in the U.S. who has experience in computer software related patents? Thanks, Sumantra Roy http://www.linkexplore.net ------------------------------------------------------- The LED Digest is sponsored by pair Networks: pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains Copyright 1995-2004 Adam Audette. 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