The reason for this happening is simple. The list is configured so that when you REPLY to someone's post, it only puts that person's email address in the TO: line. You have to ADD the Elecraft reflector address to that address line to send it to the list. Most people who send individuals things meant for the Elecraft list do not notice that this is happening, or don't know how to fix it.
Perhaps we need to ask Elecraft to change the settings on the list, so replies to a post ON the list is directed TO the list, instead of to the person who initially posted it. Case in point, even though Joe posted this to the list, my reply only has Joe's address on the TO: line. I will have to add the list's address to it. I usually also remove the poster's address, as there's no reason to send it to both addresses. Look at the address headers in anyone's post to the list. The Reply-To: line shows the poster's address. Not the Elecraft list. So, Joe, this is not someone's deliberate attempt to annoy you, nor do they somehow think you work for Elecraft. They don't. It's 95% certain that they didn't intend to reply to only you, that they really wanted to post it to the reflector. But they either didn't know or notice this was how the list was configured, they didn't know how to fix it, or both. So yelling at them isn't necessarily going to fix the problem. Reconfiguring the list so replies go TO the list WILL. I've run enough mailing lists and such over the past decades since such things existed that I've seen this happen countless times. It's a list configuration issue. Not an interpersonal one. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73, Gwen, NG3P On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 9:42 AM Joseph Shuman via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > I received an email this morning, to my personal address, from another > operator I do not know, with a complaint about Elecraft. To that operator, > do NOT do this again. To my fellow Elecraft mailman participants, be wary > of such actors. > > This is a tech sharing site that occasionally ventures into humor and > customer service threads that, in my opinion, belong here by good-faith > participants in this digital community. If continued abuse of personal > addresses continues, my limited participation will be reduced to nil. I DO > NOT WORK FOR ELECRAFT. Rather, I am a very satisfied customer. > > My apologies for feeling I should take up your time and digital server > space reacting to such nonsense. > > Thank God 2020 is ending! > > Keeping Watch- > shu > > Joe Shuman, NZ8P > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ard...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
