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Hi Charlie, et al,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I agree,
it's a little odd, but for those who don't work in the IT world, lets
look at two scenarios.<br><br>
1. I want to send a msg to the 40-something members on the
reflector. I simply send it to lcc@louisianacontestclub.org, and they all
get it. Now if you want to comment, reply, etc., you hit <reply
all> and it goes to me <b><i>and back to the reflector </i></b>(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.<br><br>
or<br><br>
2. I want to send to the 40 something members, so I individually list
you, and Scott, and Steve, and several others PLUS
lcc@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). <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>To me,
though certainly not flawless, #1 is far simpler. This is why I really
push for everybody to be on the club reflector. <b>NOTE:</b> 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.<br><br>
73,<br>
Mark, K5ER<br>
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At 07:19 PM 7/22/2013 -0500, Charles Morrison wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Mark,<br><br>
Of course there are always exceptions, but I can say on my part, that
the<br>
reflector software (or current configuration) is counter intuitive
and<br>
contributes to the occurrence of the multiple addresses on replies.
<br><br>
The way it currently works, your message appears from you, to the
LCC,<br>
however, replies without "replying all" (thus numerous
addresses) go back<br>
direct to you as the originator of the message. <br><br>
So basically, replies to posts on the reflector don't go back to
the<br>
reflector by default, they go back to the original sender. That's
the<br>
reason I usually do a reply all and let it go to you as well as the<br>
reflector, assuming that the reflector takes care to remove the
duplicate<br>
message.<br><br>
This message is a direct reply, that I did to "All" and removed
your<br>
call/address specifically.<br><br>
Charlie<br>
N5WE</blockquote></body>
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