Oh, I don't know about that. My posts to the list get to my Spridget
mailbox within a minute or less of the time I post them. So I don't
think that using that for a reason to add folks to the reply list is
very effective.
Larry
On Feb 6, 2004, at 2:22 PM, David Lieb wrote:
>> To: "Spidgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> I think the solution is to reply to the list, but to select out
> individuals'
>> names so that they don't get a list message plus a duplicate.
>
> Guy, leaving a particular name or two besides the list allows for a
> faster
> conversation since the direct mail gets there much faster than the
> list mail
> does. This enables quick exchanges of information without depriving
> the list
> of those valued tidbytes of lore.
> OTOH, it DOES get a bit tedious to get totally unrelated duplicate
> copies
> just because you did reply to the list on a topic several permutations
> ago
> ;-)
> There is a middle ground, you know -- use Reply all and be selective
> as to
> which names you leave in.
> Better yet, just unsubscribe and go out into the garage and get some
> work
> done on my Midget ;-)
> David Lieb
>
>
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The bottom line: Sure, there's pain in adopting the Mac. But if I accept
that, I get to use a computer that works, and that pretty much does
what I
expect and want a computer to do.
Stewart Alsop
FORTUNE.com
Monday, June 25, 2001
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