[Boatanchors] WHERE HAVE ALL THE HELPERS GONE?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Tim (and all)

Before you point the finger of blame at the management, keep this in mind.

These lists can operate in one of two ways.

A. All replies to list posts are sent to the list and 'not' to the actual 
human sender.

B. All replies are sent to the human sender by default, unless the sender 
uses the function to send the reply to both the list and the human sender.

There are close to six hundred list subscribers Tim. Of these, about 20% 
post, on or off list. The other 80% are the silent majority. Pretty much the 
rule on all of the 550+ QTH.NET lists.

I would prefer that all replies to list posts appear on the list by default. 
Remember! The person responding can send his/her reply privately by simply 
typing in that person's e-mail address! When we tried this on the list, many 
complaints were received. So the list was returned to its normal status of 
reply to human sender.

However, the sender can use CTRL + SHIFT + R and reply to both the list and 
the Human sender. (This is with Outlook Express, as the controls may vary 
with different mail client programs!). Hence either private or public 
replies are possible regardless of the mail lists default settings! It is up 
to the sender to make that decision Tim.

If, and when, the responding majority of subscribers indicates that they 
want the list default to be set for all of their replies to go to both the 
list and the human posting the question, this list will be so configured. 
However, as stated, three previous trials failed.

Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
http://hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <shoppa_boatanchors at trailing-edge.com>
To: <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] WHERE HAVE ALL THE HELPERS GONE?


> "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net> wrote:
>> To take a line from that old song of the 60's (....flowers gone), I miss 
>> all
>> the great technical help on this fine list.
>>
>> Over the past couple weeks I have posted requests for help with tube 
>> tester
>> alignment and classic microphone design and not one reply. I  guess 
>> everyone
>> is busy getting into the groove for the new year and hobby is taking a 
>> back
>> seat. I hope that our great technicians will find a little spare time in 
>> the
>> near future. I sure miss them.
>>
>> Thanks and 73, Dick KF4NS
>> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
>> Keep The Glow!
>
> For some reason I do not fully comprehend, this list does not get
> a lot of friendly technical replies. I suspect that some questions
> here get answered off-list, which is a shame because in many (most!)
> cases I would be curious to know how the problem was resolved.
>
> Now, this isn't always the case. I've read some very interesting
> stuff here and learned a lot. I've also offered my ideas/experiences/
> knowledge where I can.
>
> There are some more focused technical/user groups out there (many
> on qth.net) that do a better job at making the discussions be public
> and less "one way shouting". Perhaps just plain "boatanchors", which
> covers about a half-century of radios and equipment from the homebrew
> to the high-end, is too broad to get this often.
>
> Tim.
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