Dear Paul, I will reply to the list on this. You do provide and "maintain the best, most useful cytometery internet service there can be." Without it, being mostly self taught, I would have been at a complete loss. I thank you for all your efforts. SIncerely, Candace Enockson Medical University of South Carolina --On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 11:10 AM -0500 "J. Paul Robinson" <jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu> wrote: > > <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 how to send a message to the list and we do not publish anywhere 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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