Re: medit - Reply All no longer necessary

Diane - 

I discovered this change today.  But what if I do wish to reply only to the
sender?  Sometimes my answer may be too limited for general interest or I
have a follow up question.  Is there a way to restrict a reply to the
sender?

Thank you.

Sylvia Sykora


On 1/11/10 3:50 PM, "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire@islandnet.com> wrote:

> Dear Medit-Plants Members,
> 
> Until a few days ago, the Medit list was set so that if you just hit
> "Reply", your reply would go to the member who had sent the message
> you were replying to.  If you wanted the message to go to everyone on
> the list, you had to specify "Reply All", in which case you would be
> sending two messages:  one to the member who wrote the original
> message, and a second copy to the whole list.
> 
> This was the opposite to most online lists.  It had some advantages:
> we didn't get any "Oops! sorry I sent that private message to you all"
> events.  We didn't get many "Yes, I think so too" messages that didn't
> add much to the discussion. However, we probably missed a lot of
> important information from people who didn't know about "Reply All".
> 
> By this November, messages had dwindled alarmingly, and there was not
> a single one in December.  I asked Sean if he agreed it would be a
> good idea to change the reply rule, and he thought so too.  So, a few
> days ago, I changed it.
> 
> Now, if you "Reply", you are replying to the list, and we are all
> benefitting.
> 
> However, I have noticed an anomaly:  if one of the members who knew
> about "Reply All", still does so, (like Trevor N), the message you
> send in Reply will go only to him, unless you "Reply All".
> 
> So:  please don't Reply All anymore.  Just Reply.
> 
> Diane Whitehead
> 
> 
>
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