Re: OT CHAT etc was ADMIN: Welcome Message
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT CHAT etc was ADMIN: Welcome Message
- From: B* S*
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:35:01 -0400
>This would be a whole lot easier if the list was set up so that one could
>reply either to the list or to people individually. I'm on several lists
>like that, and it sure does help reduce off topic list traffic. Actually for
>one list (larger and more active than this one), the default is to reply to
>the individual. Then if on-topic information is received, a summary is
>posted to the list. I'm not suggesting that here, but it would be nice if we
>could chose whether to reply to everyone or just to the person who asked the
>question without going into contortions about it.
I belong to a list in which the default option is to reply to the
individual. Most people on the list have a hard time realizing this
(including me) because it is not the usual way of going. As a result,
responses intended for the list go only to the sender of the first post and
generally no one is the wiser unless the responder picks up that his/her
message did not come back on the list. A great deal of confusion results.
The list I'm talking about was changed because one or two "tetchy" members
thought there was too much inappropriate private traffic. On iris-talk,
messages that should have been directed to an individual are very rare,
maybe one in a hundred. This is something to get ticked off about?
If one belongs to a list, one supposes that the purpose is to communicate
with the members of list. If you want to send private messages, you can do
so without being on a list.
Please keep iris-talk just as it is.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@mail.hsc.edu>
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