I'm with John Bryant on this. --Best, George
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George Bornstein Department of English
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Barbara Bordalejo wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> I agree with you in part and would prefer to keep the settings as they were.
> However, my impression (and it is just an impression) is that most people in
> the list have a preference for the new settings.
> What I propose then, is that those who have an opinion on this matter send a
> public message to the list stating their position (even those of you who
> already have sent me a private message). We could count votes the last day of
> March and see what the majority prefers. How does this proposal sound?
>
> BB
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> On 22 Mar 2007, at 15:52, John Bryant wrote:
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>> Dear Barabara,
>>
>> This seems to defeat the purpose of a list, which is to make it easy as
>> possible to communicate with the entire group. While some will
>> accidentally do the private message thing, that occurrence is rare and
>> endurable, and I think we should not change the regular list approach
>> merely to preclude the possibility of accidents.
>>
>> John
>>
>> ___________
>> John Bryant, English Department, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549
>>>>> Barbara Bordalejo <[log in to unmask]> 03/22/07 8:35 AM >>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> You all know that there have been problems with private messages
>> accidentally sent to the list by several of us. As of today, I have
>> changed the settings so when you hit reply you will reply to sender.
>> If you want the message to go to the whole list, you will have write
>> or paste the list's address in the "To:" field.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> BB
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