[Elecraft] Off list responses

[David Moes]

I agree that it is important to send replies to the list rather than 
the OP  I think that there is a misunderstanding by some here as to 
how to reply  to a post in the reflector that my lead to many replying 
off line unintentionally .

with most email systems just hitting reply will send your answer to 
the original poster and not the reflector.   be sure that when you 
reply that the reflector address is in the "to:"    I have made that 
mistake a  few times.   Some email clients like Thunderbird have a 
"reply list" option.   and this works.   also hitting "reply all" and 
deleting all but the elecraft at .... address will work too.

In a nutshell Reply to the reflector not the OP unless you are passing 
personal info you don't want all to see.   Many of us may at some time 
have the same questions or problems  and posting your answers to the 
reflector will help many and not just that of the original poster.   
and  thats what the reflector is for.

I am also in agreement that one should trim the original text a bit. 
but not all as its sometimes helps to have some context to an answer.


David Moes
VE3DVY

--- Original message ---
>
> Yesterday I posed a question and received eight (8) email responses. I
> note that only one response was on the list. Is this the norm? I 
> thought
> responses should be made on the list for all to learn from.