Eric and list,
I completely agree. I have found this to be true also. I really enjoy
reading all the posts and responses.
I might add that it is not necessary to reply both to the list and to the
person because then that person ends up getting double emails. Its not
really a big deal, just one more step involved by having to delete one of
them.
Party on,
David Gates
At 09:41 PM 3/31/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>Hello all,
>
>After having been on this e-mail list for some time, I have noticed
>something about the posts I receive and I would like to offer a suggestion
>to make the list more useful to everyone.
>
>I read many interesting questions about various problems that owners are
>having, but I never see more than one or two replies. The reason for this,
>I believe, is that the responses are sent privately to the person who asked
>for the information. I have found this to be the case both when I post
>questions and when a friend of mine recently asked for some input and got
>several useful replies which were send directly to him only.
>
>The problem with this is that most readers, whose Spitfires do not
>necessarily have the ailment mentioned but would like to read what people
>have to say about it, completely miss out on the exchange of information.
>
>I would like to suggest that whenever a list member has some information
>for a person who posted a question that they post publicly as well as send
>the message directly to the person who asked for help. That way we can all
>benefit from your expertise.
>
>I believe this is completely in line with the mission of this list, and I
>would not mind at all receiving a few more messages a day that are
>substantive and useful in content.
>
>I welcome input on this suggestion -- and for goodness sakes, post your
>opinions to the list! :)
>
>Thanks for reading,
>Eric.
>
>P.S. On a related note, I would also like to suggest that chatty one-liner
>messages be sent privately and not posted publicly.
>
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>Eric Yates
>eyates@enteract.com
>1978 Spitfire 1500 FM 71614 U
>Chicago, IL USA
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