Amen, George! I had just that experience with the ICOM reflector. Nothing
untoward got to the list, just a business transaction, but I did *not* check
the address(es) first before hitting send...just not used to that
configuration.
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Gary K9GS <garyk9gs@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello George,
>
> I like it the way it is.....people just have to be disciplined to using
> "reply all" when they want their response to go to the list...which they
> should in most cases. I've always made it a habit to always check the
> addresses I'm sending e-mail to before I hit "send".
>
>
> 73,
>
> Gary K9GS
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Fremin III" <geoiii@kkn.net>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Suggestion.....
>
>
> > On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 12:27:20PM -0500, Jim Dawson wrote:
> >
> >> Can we change this group so when you click "Reply" in your mail
> >> client it goes to the group and not to the individual? If it is
> >> important enough to post to the group, most likely so is the
> >> response. Jim - K9DD
> >
> >
> > Since I am the "list owner" (which does not mean much really) I will
> > weigh in here and say that I do not feel that would be a good change
> > and I would not make that change without almost everyone on the list
> > agreeing to such a change.
> >
> > To further expand on it a bit, in my experience as the mailman admin
> > and a system admin for lists.contesting.com and for another domain
> > that hosts 500 email lists I can tell you that, in general, the
> > 'reply-to list' option can be the cause of more trouble in the form of
> > private messages going to the list than it is ever worth. It almost
> > always results in unintended personal attacks or private information
> > being posted to a list. In addition I feel that it lowers the signal
> > to noise ratio of a list since replies that really do not benefit the
> > list as a whole get broadcast to the list by default. I think it is a
> > good thing that posting to a list of hundreds or thousands of people
> > be more difficult than hitting the default reply button and typing.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > George Fremin III - K5TR
> > geoiii@kkn.net
> > http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
> >
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