Since Mark sent his comment to the entire list, I'll respond to the full
list as well. The question of whether we should set the default reply
address to the list or to the poster has come up before, and it is true that
most lists set the default reply to the poster. In the case of FISH-SCI, the
consensus (which was far from unanimous) was that maintaining a lively
discussion was a high priority, and for a discussion list it is best if the
replies go to the list. The down side of this is of course too many personal
messages appearing on the list, but at the present level of traffic I think
that the policy is working OK. However, we can always change it.

I encourage anyone who has strong feelings about this to write to me or to
[log in to unmask] rather than post to the entire list. If
there is a strong movement for a change in this or any other list policy the
list owners will poll the list members.

William Silvert, co-owner, FISH-SCI list

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Tupper" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: Attachments and the FISH-SCI list


> Dear William,
>
> Might I respectfully suggest that the root of these problems is the
default
> response to the entire list?  People tend to hit "reply" without thinking,
> and their message goes to the list instead of the poster.  If the default
> reply went to the poster (as is the case with other lists I subscribe to),
> then these problems with attachments and personal messages would be much
> less likely to arise.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Dr. Mark H. Tupper, Assistant Professor
> Chair, Graduate Program in Biology
> University of Guam Marine Laboratory
> UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
> tel 671-735-2185; fax 671-734-6767
> www.uog.edu/marinelab/tupper/index.html
>
> Coordinator, Marine Protected Areas Research Group
> www.uog.edu/marinelab/mpa/index.html

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