I'd prefer to read all the messages (questions and answers). The messages are not too many and the traffic is not a problem. Remember you can use the <message rules> in order to receive all the messages form EBM into the same folder. > Remember dont press just the reply button but copy your replies to EBM. You can push reply at all (in microsoft OE) regards Felice ________________________________ Dr. Felice Musicco Hospital Pharmacist in Rome Italy Az. Osp. S.Camillo-Forlanini tel. +39 06 5417582 [log in to unmask] myWeb: http://web.tiscalinet.it/musicco/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Puliyel <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: The demise of discussion in this list > Dear List > Everyone has noticed that there is much less discussion on this list recently. > The reason is that replies to individual questions go directly to the author > of the query rather than to the list. > (If you press the reply button for this letter your reply comes > directly to me rather than to EBM. Everyone gets the question but not to > read the answers) > The advantage is that mail boxes are not stuffed full everyday with > discussion that > is of little interest to them. > The disadvantage is that the list is a lot less lively than during the > "Numbers Needed to Pray" controversy. > I for one learnt a lot about subjects in which I initially thought I had > little interest. > Are not people who join discussion groups like that? > Wonder if we could take a straw vote on what list members prefer. > Remember dont press just the reply button but copy your replies to EBM. > > Truly > Jacob M. Puliyel MD MRCP > Head of Pediatrics > St Stephens Hospital > Tis Hazari > Delhi 110054 > > From > Puliyel > > -------------- > Visit JokeCity @ > www.jokecity.org > ------------- >