Jeff,
     I'm not sure I completely understand about postings. You look them
over, accept them and then post? I am still waiting to see my Marbles (no
subject submission). So here it is again with a Subject please as time is of
the essence. I am enjoying the Museum-L but still think the last museum
definition by Ross Weeks would also define libraries! Thanks!         Diane
Rice
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 8:31 PM
Subject: Replying to messages


>I wish  to address  a concern at the relative frequent posting to the
>entire museum-l list of replies directed to an individual.
>I do not wish to initiate a lengthy thread and I know this topic has arisen
>before, but I thought it might be useful raise again
>since the list seems to have a rather high number of new users.
>
>I would like to point out that unlike the "normal" situation of  receiving
>an e-mail message directly  from
>another person,  replies to  messages posted on a list such as musem-l, are
>sent to everyone on the list.
>
>At least in Eudora on the MacOS platform the following guidelines work:
>
>
>To reply  ONLY to the individual responsible for the original post Do Not
>immediately Hit the "REPLY"  Button.
>In reality, this button  means "reply to sender".   The museum discussion
>list becomes the "Sender" (equivalent to the US Post Office) of messages
>received via Museum-L.
>Instead, copy the individual's address following the "FROM" line in the
>original post,  then hit the "Reply " button,
>delete "Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>" from the
>"To" line and paste the copied address.
>
>
>Though I am not familiar with the code, etc. that make these programs
>operate it seems reasonable that perhaps  the writers of mail programs
>such as Eudora could add the alternate menu choice of "reply to from"  for
>list users.
>
>Just a suggestion to remove some of the hassle in using e-mail.
>
>Jeff Northam
>Pouncing Pachyderm Productions
>Exhibition Design & Fabrication
>3875 Whitehouse Creek Road
>Pescadero, CA 94060-9722
>650.879.0031 voice
>650.879.1331 voice/fax
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