Re: Private vs Public Responses to Questions

hlg@pacbell.net
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 23:22:06 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I use Eudora Lite, which has less capabilities than Eudora Pro. I set the
nickname "WWP" for the Potter list address. To respond to a post, I select
"Reply" (not "Reply to All") then type in "WWP" to replace the address in
the "To:" field. It's quick and easy. No need to use the "cc" field unless
I want to send a copy to someone not on the list.

Harry
Mountain View, CA

>I agree with your point. There's something about the way this list is set
>up, however, that with Eudora Pro my replies go to the individual and NOT
>to the list. It doesn't appear that it uses the reply-to field. This is
>the only list I'm on that does it this way and it's a pain in the ass to
>try to remember to over-ride the default or, as usually happens, to have to
>go back and send the message a second time, to the list. To send this
>message to the list and not to you I first had to remember to tell it to
>Reply to All, then I had to delete your name from the To field and cut and
>paste the list address from the cc: field into the To: field. Even if I
>were willing to do that every time, I find it impossible to remember to do.
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> I expect 80 percent of the problem you described would go away
>transparently if the listserv (or the defaults for this list) were
>reconfigured.
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>Tim Spofford Kirkland, Washington
>tims@spof.org http://spof.org
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