> > could I suggest that people affix an automatically generated 'signature'
> > to their e-mails which include their personal e-mail address
> > This would enable a direct reply when it is not necessary to communicate
> > to the whole forum.
>I dare say that people better informed will come up with very worthy reasons
>why this is not a good idea - the Great Unwashed getting hold of their
>personal addresses, etc. - but, having said that.........
Sometimes countered by adding extra characters to your address, e.g. "nospam" or
something similar, which are obviously (to a human but not to a spammer's
address trawling program) to be removed before use.
> Like you, I find the "default" behaviour of the forum annoying. When you
respond to a message, the reply is automatically addressed to the forum and
contains no trace of the originator's e-mail address. This means that "me too"
and other messages which would be best sent only to the originator are
frequently broadcast to everyone. The result is a large reduction in signal to
noise ratio.
>
> There is a way to adjust your personal settings on the list server to alter
the behaviour -- for example so that "reply" goes to the originator and "reply
to all" goes to the forum. I did this last year but the settings were lost when
the list server crashed a few months ago and I haven't got around to fixing it.
I am happy to make this change for any subscriber who so wishes, mail me as
below
John Cliff
Europa Forum minder
john@crixbinfield.freeserve.co.uk
|