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Re: IMPORTANT-CHANGE IN LISERVE OPERATION ON NOV.1



Amen and Hallelujah!  Thanks for making this experiment.  Judy Robins

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Schmidt [mailto:rschmidt@LIB.MUOHIO.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 11:56 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: IMPORTANT-CHANGE IN LISERVE OPERATION ON NOV.1


To all Archives Listserve members:
    Everyone is no doubt aware that the “Reply
To:” setting on our postings is
set to forward all replies to the entire list
rather than to the original
sender of a message. This setting has been the
cause of much confusion and
noise on the list, as members have often
mistakenly sent messages intended
for a single person to the entire list.  Many list
members have complained,
both on the list itself and privately to the list
managers, about this
problem.
      In an attempt to improve the operation of
the listserve, the SAA
Council’s list advisory committee has decided to
implement a change in the
“Reply To:” setting FOR A ONE MONTH TRIAL PERIOD.
Beginning November 1, 2000, [a week from today]
all postings will have the
email address of the original sender in the “Reply
To:” portion of the
header. This will mean that hitting the “Reply”
button will send messages
only to the original sender, not to the entire
list. To post to the entire
list, members will be required to enter the list’s
email address
<archives@listserv.muohio.edu> in the “To:” box of
their header.  Of course,
many email programs permit the creation of
“aliases” which would enable the
use of a much shorter entry in the “To:” box.
    Many professional and interest-group lists
operate with the “Reply To:”
setting set to forward replies to the original
sender.  However, this is only
a one month trial. At the end of the trial period,
the SAA Council’s list
advisory committee will determine whether the
change should be made
permanent or the original “Reply To:” setting
restored. The Council’s list
advisory committee welcomes your comments on the
change. All comments can be
sent to Bob Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>, and
they will be forwarded to
the members of the Council’s list advisory
committee. Please also contact Bob
if you have any questions about the trial changes.
Thanks!

The SAA Listserve Advisory Committee

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