my protest

[JAMES BASS]

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Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Shear <BILLS at HSC.EDU>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 3:00 PM
Subject: my protest


> 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>