my protest [workaround]

[Hugh Wilson]

Bill - try deleting the taxacom address from the included message on
a reply - just did this with your message and, if it works, you
should get two copies

> Date:          Mon, 8 Nov 1999 16:00:26 -0400
> Reply-to:      Bill Shear <BILLS at HSC.EDU>
> From:          Bill Shear <BILLS at HSC.EDU>
> Subject:       my protest
> To:

> A while ago I protested the setup of Taxacom, which prevents me
> (using Eudora) from replying to the list with the "reply" function.
> Instead I have to create a new message and paste in the Taxacom
> address.
>
> I was told by the list manager that this was to prevent private
> messages for posters from going to the whole list.  (Of course, it
> now causes messages intended for the list to go only to the sender
> of the last message.) If I didn't like this setup, I could
> reconfigure my own mail program to reply direct to Taxacom.
>
> The catch is that nearly every other list I use (in fact, EVERY
> other list) has its reply function organized correctly.  If I change
> to suit the odd way Taxacom is configured, then I have to use the
> clumsy procedure to reply to all the other lists!
>
> Do any of the rest of you see this as a problem, and if so, might we
> all ask that our convenience should bear weight against the
> occasional careless lapse that sends a private message out to the
> list?
>
> Bill Shear
> Department of Biology
> Hampden-Sydney College
> Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
> (804)223-6172
> FAX (804)223-6374
> email<bills at hsc.edu>

Hugh D. Wilson
Texas A&M University - Biology
h-wilson at tamu.edu (409-845-3354)
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/homepage.html