E wrote: > Which brings me to my first point. I brought this up once before, > and will again, the fact that there is an overwhelming amount of > mail from this list because all replies are always sent to the > entire list. I setup my own mailman lists to reply to the sender > only (the default). One can always copy the entire group and what > not. This is indeed the default. Does anyone else rather it were > that way, or am I the only oddball in this group of oddballs? I > think it is often counterproductive for the entire group to be > sent a response that is being sent from one person to another who needs > help.
The big advantage to replying to the group, especially when answering a technical question, is that the answer is archived on the web. Google will pass our answers on an unknown number of times. That's why I try to always reply-to-group. You're right that it generates a lot of traffic. But sometimes it leads into interesting discussions, and we learn what the others are working on. "Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Publish a map of the fishing hole, and they'll build a chemical plant there." Or something like that... > About my post, I didn't intend for anyone to comment on this guy, but > rather I wanted to "spread the word" about him. Posting > to a list like this is playing with "fire", it would appear, and I'm more > than a little disapointed in some of the responses to my posting, namely > in what amounts to (in my opinion) baiting, and name calling. I, for one, appreciated the link. Gonna have to vote for someone next year, unless Bush suspends general elections in the name of security, and it's time to start looking at the candidates, sorry though they may be. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
