[R-390] Subject: Off list posts

Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:09:50 -0500

Hi,

I hadn't exactly considered this to be mind control :)

If this is an issue for a significant majority of the people on the list
then why should we keep it the way it is?

If it's only an issue for a few of us then by all means leave it the way it
is.

The point is to make the easy thing to do the right thing to do most of the
time.

I suspect it's a matter of what you are used to. I do *far* more email at
work than I do at home. The system at work is not one I chose or can change.
There the reply and not the reply to all button is the button of choice. If
you want to stay employed then that's the button you automatically hit.
After a while it is a cruse control decision.

    Take Care!

        Bob Camp
        KB8TQ

----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Subject: Off list posts

> Let's leave it up to the individual guys, we don't need a mind control
> moderator/nazi......
>
> We need to think for ourselves, or we might be in trouble.
>
> Les Locklear
>
>
> In a message dated 12/29/02 4:58:11 PM, [email protected] writes:
>
> << 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 sent to the list,  it would not have been archived at all.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
> >
> >    -----------------
> > "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
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