Re: List reply-to setting.
From: J. Paul Robinson (jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 10 1998 - 12:01:03 EST
"Mark A. Corio" suggests the need for a listserve approach:
Here is my reply:
The lsit is run from my lab
and
Steve kelley send me your message.
The way our list is run is by intention.
It is designed for maximum value and least annoyance.
We believe that a message that is to be
sent to the list myst be intentioned to the list.
Otherwise individuals communicate directly.
We will not be changing this method
as it is the one favored overwhelmingly by the group.
There are virtually no trash emails on this group.
There is a very good reason for that.
If anyone sends trash mail, they are rapidl;y
deleted from the list
and
their access is barred.
This makes a very
strong incentive to keep a high quality of discussion.
My experience
with listserves is the rubbish is overwhelming!
We have considered
many times the advantages of a listserve ,
and the disadvantages far
outweigh them.
Since we are one of the older scientific discussion
groups out there, our track-record speaks for itself.
We do encourage
people to tabulate results of their questions.
They invariably do
this and we thank you.
While, I appreciate this might generate some email,
let's not fill
the box.
We are NOT going to change it anyway!!!
regards
Paul Robinson
> From:
"Mark A. Corio" <rmi@frontiernet.net>
> To: Cytometry Mailing List <cytometry@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu>
> Subject: List reply-to setting.
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:18:29 -0500
>
>
> Steve,
> Belonging to several lists, I found something unusual when I joined this
> list....the reply-to setting is to the original author instead of the list.
> Several others mentioned it recently and I wonder if the list would like
> to have the reply-to set to the list so that more responses appear on-line
> instead of personal conversations. The list traffic goes up a little, but
> the responses are often more valuable with information than the original
> posts. Anyone else feel this would be a good idea? Is there a reason it is
> the way it is, Steve, that we shouldn't change it?
>
> Mark A. Corio
> Rochester MicroSystems, Inc.
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