<smaller>Mailing List Response A recent comment on the list ... "People not responding directly to questions may have to do with the fact that when the reply button is hit the email from the postee is presented NOT the mailing list. This should be changed so that the mailing list is presented first." ---------------------------------------- C<bigger>olleagues: We have had many requests over the years to change this and that - particularly that!! If you hit REPLY to a message from the list, you will only send the message to the individual who posed the question. This is intentional on our part. Everyone on the list knows how to send a message to the list and we do not publish anywhere how to do that. This is also intentional. When you want your message to go to the list, it should be by intention, not by accident. On the most part, we have rescued from public embarrassment the accidental personal messages that were sent to the list. Remember, you get a clean list because this is a monitored list - we review messages and remove the trash mail that squeak in... If we did publish how to send messages, the list would be come a spam target. You don't want that nor do we. I receive more than enough trash email.... Further, we require people to subscribe in order to participate - why? It makes them be more responsible in using (or abusing) the list. I personally review every subscription request and 80% are denied on first request!!! There are 2030 members currently. I will only subscribe someone when I have a name, an institution and an area of interest - This takes valuable time on my part on a daily basis - but the bottom line is that 2030 other people save time. REPLY ALL: We will not change this. If any of you are in doubt as to why this should not happen, subscribe to the CONFOCAL list. A week or two should cure any desire to have the REPLY button go to the list. It is amazing how many embarrassing, personal memos, gripes, etc appear because people hit the reply button.... When you receive good advice, create a summary and post the results - several people do that on this list and it is a great service. We have redesigned our serach engine, so you shoudl be able to better search for key words now. FINALLY: Please enter a subject!!!! - We are considering, not posting messages without subject lines.....? Our goal is to maintain the best, most useful cytometry Internet service there can be. Check the rest of our new web site at http://www.cyto.purdue.edu and send me a message as to how to improve, fix, or change something. Paul Robinson Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories <nofill> J.Paul Robinson, Ph.D., Professor of Immunopharmacology Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director, Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories Hansen Hall, Roon B050 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1515 (Ph) (765) 494-0757 Fax (765) 494-0517 jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu http://www.cyto.purdue.edu http://www.bioscope.org
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