Further to Terry's point, MS Outlook also has a 'reply to all' function, as
I also have done.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: tpoc1 <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 08 March 2001 17:17
Subject: Re: more questions than answers
>Colleagues who use Netscape only need to click 'Reply all', as I have
>done, rather than 'reply'. Presumably other email front-ends do things
>differently?
>
>It is a difficult decision whether to reply to sender only, or to the
>whole list. Although everyone wants to be kept informed, how many
>incoming messages per day do we want? Some of us probably reply off
>list in order to save colleagues from yet another message.....
>
>Terry O'Connor
>
>Jennifer Thoms wrote:
>>
>> Umberto,
>>
>> I completely agree. I think that the problem is that since moving to
>> the new list-server the system seems to be set so that you
>> automatically reply to the individual who sent the question /
>> email. This means you have to make the deliberate effort to
>> add the zooarch email address to your email. (Your recipient will
>> then presumably get two copies of your answer).
>>
>> I seem to remember that the system under mailbase automatically
>> replied to zooarch and then you could add any individual names if you
>> wanted. It used to be an effort to reply off list, in other words.
>>
>> I don't know if you and Jacqui have any influence over this, but if
>> it was possible to change it so the automatic response was to send
>> the reply to all people on the list then you would be able to use
>> natural human inertia to get the list going again.
>>
>> Hmmm, now I don't know whether to post this to the list or not......
>> :-)
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:15:29 +0000
>> > Reply-to: Umberto Albarella <[log in to unmask]>
>> > From: Umberto Albarella <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Subject: more questions than answers
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > You'll have noticed that quite often we do not see any reply to
>> > questions that are raised on 'zooarch'. Generally this is due to the
>> > fact that answers and comments are only addressed individually rather
>> > than to the whole list. In many cases this may well be the correct way
>> > to deal with a query but we still feel that in quite a few occasions
>> > information that could be of interest for many is kept private. Jacqui
>> > and I would therefore like to encourage members to consider whether the
>> > information that they are providing could be of general interest and
>> > therefore circulated to 'zooarch', rather than just automatically reply
>> > to the individual sender only.
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> >
>> > Umberto
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Umberto Albarella
>> > Dept. of Archaeology
>> > University of Durham DH1 3LE
>> > Durham, UK
>> > Tel.0191-3741139
>> > Fax 0191-3743619
>> >
>> Jennifer Thoms
>> Dept of Archaeology,
>> University of Edinburgh,
>> 12 Infirmary Street,
>> Edinburgh,
>> EH1 1LT
>> Tel: 0131 650 2373 / 2384
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