Dear zooarchers,
I completely agree with Umberto´s and Lynn´s comments. I´ve often
had to track the questions I´m interested in and check wether replies
were
sent to the list after a while, and otherwise contact the researchers who
asked them so that they forward me the answers received. But this
procedure can turn somewhat troublesome, and I feel the list could
serve
to avoid such a long way if replies are sent directly to it. In fact I´ve
often thought of asking wether it would be possible to set this option
directly from the list. Thanks! Best, Mariana
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 02:58:42 -0400
From: Lynn Snyder <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] invisible replies
To: [log in to unmask]
Dear Umberto, and all,
I agree wholeheartedly. And, I would note, it would be very helpful for
those of us who are composing a reply, if the original query contained
some minimal information on the identity of the sender, and at least
basic
info on the site origins, time period, etc of the materials or problem for
which information is being sought. Thank you Umberto,
L. Snyder
Researcher
SI, NMNH, Washington, D.C.
>>> Umberto Albarella <[log in to unmask]> 07/08/05
10:10 AM >>>
Dear Zooarchers,
the message that Ian Baxter has just sent in which he thanks 'all who
replied' highlights what is becoming an increasingly serious problem
with
Zooarch. In fact we have not seen any of these replies. It is of course
up
to the individual subscribers to decide whether they want to share their
information with the whole list or not and there are certainly cases in
which it is more appropriate to reply to the individual rather than the
list. However, Jacqui and I feel that information sharing is what
Zooarch
is about and we would like to encourage everybody to be more
generous in
spreading their information and ideas. You simply need to choose the
'reply to all' option to send the message to the whole list. We don't want
to go back to the system we used to have when all replies were
automatically sent to the list as that tended to cause privacy problems,
so we need to rely on the good will of individual subscribers. We
strongly
feel that Zooarch is doing terrificly well - we now have more than 600
members - but I am sure that you will all appreciate that it is necessary
to keep an eye on its developments to make sure that we carry on
improving.
I would like to take the opportunity to remind everybody that
attachments
should
not be sent to the list. With the help of the French site 'Archeozoo' we
are trying to solve this problem through the creation of a 'zooarch
support' webpage. Watch this space for more information.
All the best,
Umberto
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Umberto Albarella
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
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United Kingdom
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