Re[2]: [PCR-1000] Administrivia: List Configuration

Pres Waterman [email protected]
Sun, 03 Feb 2002 19:07:23 -0500


> Please excuse me for butting in here boys and girls, and maybe I am
> stupid compared to you administrators but:
> It seems to me that newsgroups are for the dissemination of
> information pertaining to a particular area or subject.. That, by
definition calls for distribution of all info to
> the entire newsgroup (ie: 'REPLY ALL OR REPLY TO GROUP)".
> If I want to send a private response to a subscriber that has no place
> going to the group, I can opt to manually change the settings for that
> particular message so that the rest of the group is not bothered.
> Otherwise, it should be posted to the group in order to spread the
> knowledge of the group to those stupid people like me.
> Am I missing something here? Isn't that the way it is supposed to
> work?


Nope, you got it as we have it here on Planet Earth!

Oh, by the way, *I* hit "reply to all" and that means everyone gets it
twice!

Thanks

Pres Waterman, W2PW
c/o 112 Motors, LLC
Long Island Ford, Kia and Used Dealer

GO BILLS!