Some time ago this was addressed at length in the list, and the consensus was for replies to go automatically to the writer and not to the list. The main reason was a lot of personal messages being sent to the list instead of to the intended recipient. (at least that is how I remember it...... ;~) I think that reason still stands. If your reply is of general interest, then choose "Reply to All" instead of simple "Reply", and then the writer AND the list will receive your reply. Both Eudora and Netscape have this capability, don't know the other programs but they should all be able to do it. (the wording of the command will be different of course) Cheers, Joseph. Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia. At 05:53 9/03/2000, Akos_Szilvasi@biogen.com wrote: 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)
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