M-List discussions that have not interested me have gone on for weeks before. I have just looked at the "Subject" line and deleted them. If a topic suits my interest and I log in to find 40 postings, I may archive them for when I have time to read them. It's a diverse group, with many different needs and interests, and people with different skill-levels. Discussions that are in the archives often get rehashed over and over. But I'd rather be receiving those redundant M-List postings than, say, the latest RNC Newsletter . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smith, Tom" <Tom.Smith@itron.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:58 AM Subject: Listserver Question An alternative of course is for us to be more disciplined in our use of the list. I agree with Stephen--I tired of the t-shirt thread several days ago. Many times I'll take a discussion off the list when I think it will become tiresome to other members. Just my opinion... t Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle Sandpoint, Idaho M15-345, Chukar M17-064, Unnamed -----Original Message----- From: Keith Diehl [mailto:kdiehl@xmission.com] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:16 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Listserver Question Reply and Reply All implies that all of the mailing list member addresses are in each email header. That just isn't practical for a number of reasons, Spam collection and the size of the membership being only two. The list can be altered such that a reply is directed back to only the poster, not the list, but I have always thought that the purpose of a mailing list was to share information. If the majority of the membership would prefer not to automatically reply to the list, I can change the settings. You may have noticed that HTML postings are turned into plain text and attachment size is severely limited. That's to keep postings compact so that list mail doesn't take long to download and you can simply delete posts with subjects that don't interest you. I don't read it all! Possible alternatives are to subscribe yourself to the daily digest rather than receive each post individually, or choose the no delivery option and occasionally scan the archives for subjects that interest you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen gray" <scgray@worldnet.att.net> To: <montgomery_boats@lists.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:47 PM Subject: Listserver Question Question for Keith and perhaps others...I recently joined another mailing list that has been set up so that "reply" sends a message back to the sender and "reply to all" sends it to the full group. I've been on the list for more years than I can recall and it seems the volume of messages has increased recently. However, many of the postings are to one individual and may not concern the entire list. For instance if you need to tell "Bob" what size paper you are using there is a pretty good chance only "Bob" needs to get the message. If you agree that seeing expensive motorboats run aground would be fun than send a message to the guy who had the idea and not the whole list. If it's just me I'll unsubscribe and move on. But I suspect I'm not the only one who is getting 27 tee shirt messages a day and I'm not the guy selling the shirts. I'm not sure if this is an option with our format, but I would be interested in knowing if anyone else would be interested in looking into it.