[LCC] LCC email reflector info

[Charles Morrison]

I agree with you.  I guess my point is, it would be much easier if the
"Reply To" defaulted to the reflector and not the original sender, since its
more widely used as opposed to the Reply All.  I usually always Reply All,
as a habit from work. 

 

In this email, I again replied all and removed your address in case the
reflector duplicates the message.


Charlie

N5we

 

 

From: LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of Mark,
K5ER
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:53 PM
To: lcc at louisianacontestclub.org
Subject: Re: [LCC] LCC email reflector info

 

Hi Charlie, et al,
        I agree, it's a little odd, but for those who don't work in the IT
world, lets look at two scenarios.

1.  I want to send a msg to the 40-something members on the reflector. I
simply send it to lcc at louisianacontestclub.org, and they all get it. Now if
you want to comment, reply, etc., you hit <reply all> and it goes to me and
back to the reflector (ie everyone who got the first message). This is
buried in the instructions, somewhere, but once you use it a couple of
times, it becomes second nature.

or

2. I want to send to the 40 something members, so I individually list you,
and Scott, and Steve, and several others PLUS lcc at louisianacontestclub.org.
This time the individual listee's get the message direct, but the reflector
tags it as spam and kicks it to the administrator. Now after getting a daily
nasty-gram from the reflector that something is odd, I log on and not
knowing who all got it individually, go ahead and approve the message, which
then goes to everyone on the reflector. Those who got the direct messages
now have two copies, and those not on the "direct list" are a day or two
late getting the message. Now, if you hit <reply all> those on the reflector
get a copy, and all those listed individually get TWO copies (direct and
through the reflector). 

        To me, though certainly not flawless, #1 is far simpler. This is why
I really push for everybody to be on the club reflector. NOTE: I was able to
find a function regarding number of addresses in the "TO:" field and bump it
up. If anyone starts getting too many duplicate messages, I can always
change it back - just let me know.

73,
Mark, K5ER
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At 07:19 PM 7/22/2013 -0500, Charles Morrison wrote:



Mark,

Of course there are always exceptions, but I can say on my part, that the
reflector software (or current configuration) is counter intuitive and
contributes to the occurrence of the multiple addresses on replies.  

The way it currently works, your message appears from you, to the LCC,
however, replies without "replying all" (thus numerous addresses) go back
direct to you as the originator of the message.  

So basically, replies to posts on the reflector don't go back to the
reflector by default, they go back to the original sender.  That's the
reason I usually do a reply all and let it go to you as well as the
reflector, assuming that the reflector takes care to remove the duplicate
message.

This message is a direct reply, that I did to "All" and removed your
call/address specifically.

Charlie
N5WE

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