Reply to : Fernando >> 1) Most of the time we DO want do respond to the sender only. It is true that sometimes people do not know it, but a good observation will clearly show it. For instance, request for information (any information) should almost always be responded to the sender only, not to list. Agressive answers should be sent to the sender only; reprimands should be sent to the sender only... <<
I think it is very sad if people only use the facilities of this list for personal 'one to one' communication. I would expect that, in a moderated list such as this, that there would be very few aggressive messages or reprimands, and requests for information (and responses to such requests) would surely benefit everybody - isn't that what these discussion lists are supposed to be all about ? I belong to about 30 lists on yahoo groups, and about 15 lists on Compuserve, and all default to posting replies to the list, so I don't really see the problem here. Richard. E-mail from: Richard Mallett, 07-Mar-2002 -
