Hi, Jill, I agree. When I reply it goes to the person who asked the question, not to the mailing list. We often miss good, useful, interesting information. It also leads to repeated questions because the subject or the answers are not in the archive or are incomplete. I suggest the list to be set up for reply to the list by default. The best would probably be an automatic list server with a moderator to supervise the content. This works very well for confocal microscopy and other disciplines. I also appreciate the summarized postings of the most useful replies. Akos Szilvasi Biogen Jill Martin <martin.jill@MAYO.EDU> on 03/07/2000 05:25:40 PM To: cyto-inbox cc: (bcc: Akos Szilvasi/Cambridge/Biogen) Subject: Replies to list. Dear all, Sue brings up an interesting point, she has tried to get the information from the list but failed due to the way the replies were posted. I often see a question on the list that I might find interesting at a later date, and I never see replies , which mean they do not get archived, then a few weeks later there is another question about much the same thing. I know that some of you are thinking we dont want all the replies on the main list there is too much to read as it is, but replies are almost always tagged with the subject and can be ignored, and is getting the same question over and over again or not being able to find the answer any better? Jill. (from not-so sunny Arizona) Jill Martin, Manager Flow Cytometry Core Johnson Research Building Mayo Clinic Scottsdale 480-301-6071 (Voice) 480 301-7017 (FAX) email: jmartin@mayo.edu or martin.jill@mayo.edu
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