Hi Everyone. First I gotta say that this group has been so very helpful, and if I made it sound like I didn't want emails, I didn't mean it that way. I did have a member say something in that regard and I felt terrible. I've always made some great friends here by talking in email. That said, I'll clarify what I had said earlier.
I'm brand new to email lists. Before I went blind, I did forums and it was great, because everything was in the forum in one tidy place. So when I joined this group, I selected in my settings that I would view group online only. Then I started getting emails in my mailbox. I use gmail so I thought they were all people responding to my post privately. The way gmail works is that emails using the same subject fall into a conversation. At least thats what I thought. Whats happening for me is, google groups communicates with gmail since they're both google. So if someone replys to me directly from my post, it falls into the same quote gmail conversation, as the replies I get here on the board. Because even though I have email turned off, I guess the way the group settings are, you automatically get replies in your email from topics you've started. Is that right? So I was getting incredibly confused, getting so many emails in my box that I was up to thirty or so. That along with trying to understand my computer had me in tears the other night LOL. I am in no way complaining about getting help, and I am in no way saying not to email me directly. I guess I'd just rather not not get replies that people post to the board to arrive in my inbox as well. I come here to read stuff so its pointless to get in my inbox too. I feel like I shouldn't talk since I'm a newbie, but if I was affected this way as a newbie, I just think about future newbies. And this board just plain kicks butt as far as I'm oncerned. Ya'll are the nicest people I've found as far as techie help and fun chats in my email. So, thats my two cents. And thank you for clarifying that we can post in threads to our heart's content as long as its on topic and not one liners. I used to moderate a forum, so I understand completely the on topc. Oh and as far as sending to author only, thats what the button, reply to author, does, right? Thanks for all your help everyone, and please don't think I don't want emails k? Smiles and hugs and a million thanks, RandiOh ps, I just listened to what I wrote and heard that I typed I always make friends here and I meant to type I already made friends here tee hee. Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > I have to agree, especially when all the other lists I'm on do it the > way we used to (reply goes to the group). I wish most email clients > had a reply to author function, but I've only seen that in a precious > few clients over the years. Apple Mail isn't one of them, but I'd > rather have to grab the original sender's email than accidentally keep > topics off list that should stay here. Not only that, but I find > getting two copies of messages (when reply all is used on a message I > wrote) to be a serious annoyance. > Just my $.02. > > > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 23:29, John Weir wrote: > > > Cara, You wanted comments: I think this process is backwards, at > > least in the way I think. Reply results in sending a note to only > > the writer, reply all results in two messages, one to the sender and > > one to the group that also ends up with the sender. Better to have > > the reply address the group, then this will go to both and if one > > wants to get someone privately, let them grab the persons email > > address that is listed as the sender that is on the header also, > > and send that person an email privately. I also find my self sending > > direct to sender stuff that should have gone out on the group > > mentally thinking that send all will dump two messages in the > > senders box. Vickie Weir > > > > Cara Quinn wrote: > >> Hey All, as promised, I wanted to check in with y'all about the > >> new > >> list settings. Randi and Alex, I just read your posts with your > >> thoughts on such, so that's cool. I've also been in touch with a few > >> others, but I just want to post this list-wide so people can contact > >> me directly this weekend if they'd like. > >> > >> I'd like to know how we're all getting on with this?… Are people > >> receiving double posts?… Are people finding that they're ending up > >> emailing others privately when they mean to email the list?… > >> > >> Please do let me know these sorts of things, K? > >> > >> I'll leave the new settings in place over the weekend but if these > >> sorts of issues are a prob for newbies and such, then we'll need to > >> consider something else. > >> > >> The last thing I want to do is make this list experience a pain > >> for > >> peeps! <smile> > >> > >> Okay, on to something else. > >> > >> Randi has mentioned that She's been getting a whole lot of off- > >> list > >> responses which she'd personally rather see on-list. I, as well, > >> feel > >> that we still need to understand that posting help / suggestions here > >> on the list so that everyone can benefit, is really a good thing. > >> > >> the object here is not necessarily to reduce list traffic per se, > >> but to keep the non-informational posts to a minimum. > >> > >> This means, rather than posting to the list just to say a one- > >> liner, like thanks, or me too, and nothing else, is best sent off- > >> list. However, if you've got some tips / tricks for someone, go > >> right > >> ahead and send them on the list, as a response to them. > >> > >> This way we all can benefit from your message. Does this make > >> sense?… It's not the volume, it's the type of traffic that we'd been > >> getting that is the issue. > >> > >> <smile> Let the conversation here flow! -but just be intelligent > >> about it. No worries; just be considerate. That's all we ask. > >> <smile> > >> > >> Also, regarding length of messages. there's no rules. Talk as > >> long as you like. lol! Again, it's just that we were getting a lot > >> of one line posts that either didn't make sense without reading the > >> entire thread, or had no info in them at all. > >> > >> Okay now, one last thing; I wanted to just add a bit of > >> clarification to my note yesterday about Twitter and such. > >> > >> I'm only referring to social networking for it's own sake. If you > >> want to offer to assist someone over Skype or via chat or some other > >> service then by all means, post away. However, as I said yesterday, > >> just don't post solely to tell people your ID or to ask for friends / > >> followers. > >> > >> <smile> Helping is good; soliciting is not! lol! > >> > >> K then, I think that's all I needed to say for now. Hope this all > >> makes sense, and please don't sweat the small stuff! <smile> Just > >> enjoy the list, and think of others on it, and we'll be fine. K? > >> > >> Have an awesome weekend All, and chat witcha soon!… > >> > >> Smiles, > >> > >> Cara :) > >> --- > >> View my Online Portfolio at: > >> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a > thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot > possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to > get at or repair. > --Douglas Adams --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
