Re: Mailing list concerns

Hi Duncan

I am happy to give the new system a go, I appreciate being able to use
this list.

Wendy Stayner
 McAlpine wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> Now let me see if i have this right any message to the group will then
> have its replies be automatically printed back to the group,  But if it
> is
> directed privately to them they still will be private........I can live
> with this if you tell me this makes it a heck of alot easier to run the
> list.  Since this is a thankless job I'll give it a go..........Brock
> <snip>
> 
> Question 1.
> If you want your reply for all the mailing list to read, then press the
> reply button. If you want to send a message to a private party, then the
> address needs to be typed in, unless you have an alias file(address
> book). (It would be nice to see the response to a pumpkin related
> question)
> 
> Question 2.
> Yes it will still be private if you send the message to that personal
> address. This is how email works. An email address is like a mail box.
> The pumpkin mailing list mail box has 200 plus members on one email
> address but a single mail box has a personally assigned address.
> 
> Ask yourself this...Why did you join a mailing list? Did you join to see
> the answers to the some of your common questions and review the replies
> of others? Did you learn your new skills by a response from a reply
> which was directed to the mailing list?
> 
> In the pumpkin@athenet.net this is what happens
> 
> Did you wonder if that one question was ever answered by John/Jill Doe
> or should I send him/her another post?  Did you ever wonder if that
> persons pumpkin question was answered, and you find out it was but it
> was only provided to the author asking the pumpkin question?
> 
> I created a FAQ page and the responses I have on this page were provide
> privately without going back to the mailing list. This is excellent
> information which a new grower would like to know.
> 
> A mailing list is a supporting unit of people. I have been on the
> pumpkin mail list since the beginning  and step in to support your
> concerns about the list. I know I have been called names and many other
> things but I am trying to support the list in a normal operational
> format.
> 
> If you don't like the format of the mailing list please send me a
> private note. Please think how other mailing list are configured to
> support the scope of the mailing list.   Now my volume of mail has
> increased. I get an extra 30 messages aday dealing with subs and unsubs
> and bounces. And these need to be resolved. People complained about the
> archives when they first were  created and now it has a positive review
> due to the understanding of what it provides.
>  m*@eskimo.com
>  m*@eskimo.com
>  m*@eskimo.com
> 
> I am not going to change the fun of this mailing list.
> 
> We have over 250 on the mailing list and 9 on digest.
> We have 90 people post this month which is 35% of the group which is
> amazing
> for a mailing list.
> I have receive 1% negative response to the format to the mailing list
> format.
> What do you recommend should be the proper percentage to switch back to
> the old mailing list? Press the link and tell me or make your comments
> known.
>  m*@eskimo.com m*@eskimo.com
> m*@eskimo.com
> 
> Do all the other mailing list which you belong to are they configured to
> the same format as pumpkins@athenet.net?
> 
> Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
> Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
> 
> --
> Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
> Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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