Did the list really change that much during the trial period - did the number of messages/day drop a whole lot? If so I didn't notice it, but it was nice to not get all the out-of-office replies etc...
The way I see it is that with the old system or the new, the list relies on members to post the results of questions back to the list. For example - I have responded to dozens of list posts privately, and If Christine was looking to glean information from my replies - she couldn't, since she never even saw them, so this lack of seeing all the responses already happens We have no idea of the number of replies of the replies to a list post are replied to the list vs.how many are replied privately to the poster of the question.
I plan to follow the same rules no matter what the automatic settings -
1. If I have something to say that I think is of interest to the whole list I'll post it to the list, if I have a reply that I think is of interest only to the individual posting a question - I'll reply to that individual.
2. I can choose to reply to the list or the person - whichever I want
3. I will summarize for the list if its appropriate
4. I will make the effort to contact people directly who may have information that I can use.
5. I will post things to the list that I think everyone may want to see, but won't post to the list just because someone may want to see.
Christine, are you suggesting that people with something general to say won't bother to change the recipient when they have something of value for the whole list?
Tom Heard
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer [SMTP:c_crawfo@CULINARY.EDU]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:32 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Important Message-Upcoming Change in Reply Setting
I find this very frustating. I subscribe to this list to get information, not questions. And what good will it be to maintain an archive of the list if all the posts are questions and there are no answers? Theoretically, I suppose people who ask a question are supposed to summarize the answers they receive and post them to the list, but some people probably will forget to do so, and some who summarize may leave out some important fact that would be useful to someone else.
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
Special Collections Librarian/Archivist
Culinary Institute of America
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(845) 451-1757
c_crawfo@culinary.edu
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