[R-390] Subject: Off list posts

Sun, 29 Dec 2002 17:36:31 -0600

Dennis,

Thanks for your thoughts as well.  I understand your position and I'll
have to take your word on the archive postings since I've never used the
capability.  Personally, if I saw a thread of interest to me I'd email
the sender or receiver and ask to be included in any subsequent
messages.  

My vote will continue to support reply to sender because of the reasons
I've already offered.  I apologize to the two lists for this email but
since you sent to the lists I felt obligated to do likewise.

Excuse me while I go soothe my Dallas Cowboy wounds.

Seasons Greetings ALL!

73, gary

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Gary H. Harmon, Jr. / K5JWK
6302 Robin Forest
San Antonio, TX 78239-3218
(210) 657-1549 <home>
(210) 884-6926 <cellular>
[email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis L. Wade [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 4:51 PM
To: Gary Harmon
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [R-390] Subject: Off list posts

Gary,

          Thanks for your thoughts, Gary.  You bring up an important 
point and is exactly why I, and I think Bob as well, would like to 
see the default changed.

       You wrote, in part:

>...Most of the lists have archive capability so it is a simple 
matter to review the entire thread if you are interested.  
<end quote>

        You are correct:  most lists do archive posts and also have 
search engines which range from pathetic to not bad in quality.  
However, and this is important, they don't archive posts not sent to 
the list!  As an example, had we been discussing some technically 
relevant topic, your note sent directly to me would not be available 
to any list member, past, present or future because, since it was not 
sent to the list,  it would not have been archived at all.  This is 
exactly my point and I believe Bob's as well.  A forum such as this 
with a wide range of technical expertise has much of its value in its 
ability to share that information with all its members.  It would 
seem an easy task to simply use the delete key for those posts that 
should not have been sent to the broad audience.

        I don't know about past discussions or any consensus reached. 
 All I know is I didn't participate in those discussions (probably 
because they didn't post to the list) and I did not participate in 
that consensus.  So, I'm posting this to the list as a whole in the 
interest of reaching a broad consensus, even at the risk of wandering 
off topic.  

               Happy Holidays!

                   Dennis

> Dennis,
> 
> This topic has been discussed many times and the general consensus is
> that REPLY TO SENDER is the preferred method.  Most of the lists have
> archive capability so it is a simple matter to review the entire
> thread if you are interested.  My experience is that it's a simple
> matter to manually RETURN TO ALL instead of making it the default. 
> I've seen discussions of offers, prices, complaints, etc., sent to the
> list if the default is ALL.  I only know of one list that
> automatically goes to ALL and I've personally relied to the sender
> through the list when that is what I didn't mean to do.  
> 
> 73, gary
> 
> =======================
> Gary H. Harmon, Jr. / K5JWK
> 6302 Robin Forest
> San Antonio, TX 78239-3218
> (210) 657-1549 <home>
> (210) 884-6926 <cellular>
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Dennis L. Wade Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 12:10 PM
> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [R-390] Subject: Off list posts
> 
> Bob Camp wrote, in part:
> 
> > 
> > There are a lot of off list posts that go on and I still wonder if
> > this is a significant issue. Then again it may only be me ....
> > 
> >     Enjoy!
> > 
> >         Bob Camp
> >         KB8TQ
> 
> 
> Well, for what its worth, its at least me and Bob.
> 
> I would much rather see posts mistakenly sent to the list than never
> see posts that would be useful to a broader audience.  It should be a
> simple matter to change the list default reply-to field to show the
> list address rather than the poster's address.  My sense is that the
> impact on list volume would be small.
> 
>          Happy Holidays to All!
> 
>               Dennis
> 
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> "If you can remain calm, you just don't have all the facts"
> 
> Dennis Wade
> KG6ZI
> Carmichael, CA
> 
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Dennis Wade
KG6ZI
Carmichael, CA