Hey Hartmut: I guess it was my complaint that got Ed to start the poll. I was seeing too many double posts, and did not like the response when not logged into Yahoo. I belong to several lists, and read them all. I will certainly try not to reply to the list when I want to reply to the individual. I guess I was just getting lazy. Lynn In a message dated 5/27/2010 11:28:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Well, maybe then it is time to move the E-Mail list to a Web based Forum. If the usage of most people is using the web based interface, also call it a Forum , not the e-mail list that it actually is, then we should do that. An attempt had been done a few years ago already, but this failed. I felt mature enough to decide between a reply to an individual and the group as a whole. Certain answers are of interest for all and some are not. Call me old fashioned, but I think teh E-Mail list or Forum grew strong because of the flexibility it had. Hartmut ____________________________________ To: ercoupe-tech@ To: erco From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:24:16 +0000 Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: New poll for ercoupe-tech This whole thing baffles the crap out of me. I am a member of many forums on Yahoo and have been for many years long before Ercoupe moved here and everyone of them is setup to send to the group as the default. So for me this was the only one I pretty regularly sent the reply to the wrong place because I had to remember to change it. Just ask Ed how many times I sent it to him by mistake. I don't use my email client for the forum, I use the web interface. I fail to see how any of this can be called censorship. It is a matter of picking where it goes in the drop down. I you guys are using your email clients for this and are having trouble you need to learn how to use your client, change your client or use the web site. Remember this is a forum for the exchange if information and if someone ask a question there are others who can benefit from the answer now and in the future and it does not help the forum if you answer the individual. What good is a forum that is just a list of questions with no answers? If you are not confident enough in your answer to make it public then maybe..... Kevin1 --- In _ercoupe-t...@ercoupe-techerc_ (mailto:[email protected]) , Hartmut Beil <hb...@...> wrote: > > > Lee, all > > > > Knowing that any reply will send a message to the group as a whole reduces my willingness to answer . > > I am differentiating between a personal advice and information for general use. (That is burned onto public servers forever) > > > > With removing the option of having a choice to whom reply, I am hesitating to give answers on a personal level - it is a hassle to get the personal e-mail address filtered out. > > I also noticed that the discussions that are held on a forced public level become more shallow, less technical and the forum IMO shifted toward a gray field of mediocrity. > > > > I usually found not one day go by without finding a reason to answer. Now I am watching the discussions for days and find no reason to add content. > > > > I think any type of restriction in this forum creates a new climate and a new quality of discussions. > > If the forum decides this is the way to go I will be the last one to stop anyone. > > > > I am a free thinking person, I like options and choice. Any type of restriction I realize to be a censorship. But I can live with that - I am used to it. > > > > > > Hartmut > > > > > > To: _ercoupe-t...@ercoupe-techerc_ (mailto:[email protected]) > From: ercou...@... > Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 00:22:23 +0000 > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] New poll for ercoupe-tech > > > > > < BR>> > Gordon wrote," > > > > > > > I VOTED FOR REPLY TO FORUM, BECAUSE i HAVE LEARNED MUCH FROM THE ANSWERS GIVEN THAT i WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN OTHER WISE. > > Most emails provide the option of responding to the sender or everyone. With the change, the only way to respond to only the sender is to copy his email address then initiate a new email, paste the senders email, enter a subject, then type your email. THe old system allowed one to click reply, select to send to the sender or everyone then type the message. > > Lee Browning > > > > ____________ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ > Penny Stock Soaring 3000% > Sign up for Free to find out what the next 3000% Stock Winner Is! > PennyStocksUniverse Pen > > > > > ____________ ____ ____ _______________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > _https://signup.https://shttps://signhttps://_ (https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969) > ____________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. _Get it now._ (https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969)
