On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in part (edited): > ... It seems to me that replies should not be sent to the entire > list but rather to the poster. The poster then should be able to > summarize the responses and advise the list. I get many (possibly > too many) repeat postings, often listing three or four responses to > a posting. I would, to help me in terms of time, like to see the > poster receive responses directly and then have that person post a > single, summarized list of the responses.
Yes, I can see that. OTOH, I find many of the postings interesting, and am tempted to respond; if several colleagues have already responded (and copied their replies to the list), often I needn't reply, because they've already said (and sometimes better!) what I was going to say. That saves me time. (And raises the possibility of arguing a point, possibly an abstruse one, with colleagues: which I take to be one of the purposes -- it's certainly one of the advantages -- of the list.) > Just my two-cents worth -- As you say! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 56 Sebbins Pond Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 626-0816 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
