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To all list users, Several students have voiced their opinions regarding which settings should be set as default when replying to the list. It seems that initially, as Jeremy Miles justly pointed out, this mailing list was set up as a debating forum. It would therefore be a pity to lose the sight of what has constituted the impetus for the very creation of this medium. This view has also been supported by other students. On the other side of the argument, complains against the 'reply to all' setting have gravitated around involuntary abuses by postgraduates conducting online research projects. While such initiatives should still be encouraged, they should not detrimentally affect other list users. It seems therefore that if we assume that we can rely on 'online researchers' to clearly specify that they should ask their respondents or collaborators to reply to their email addresses directly rather than to the list, we should still be able to keep the 'reply to all' feature of the mailing list as the default setting. This email is a call for objections from any user who would disagree with that decision. In the case of such complains not being received, we will reinstate the 'reply to all' feature shortly. Cordially, ------------------- Cedric E. Ginestet PsyPAG Chair Psychology Department (TC371) Thames Valley University Saint Mary's Road London W5 5RF 077-8688-4313