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Re: here is an idea... learn when to post and not to post!



SUggestion...
For the IRC literate out there we could set up a channel on IRC that
people can log on and off of. Heck we could just use the exsisting
#scirocco and #scirocco16v channels on EFnet. for  the just needed to chat
w/ another owner that understands...
Or even a IRC type chat on the rocco.org site or one of our other sites...


On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Andre Bjorkheim wrote:

> VWMikeLVW@aol.com wrote:
> >
>
> > well, when you hit reply all, you often send the same e-mail to the
> > sender,
> > whoever else they sent it to, sometimes yourself, and the list. Which,
> > in the
> > end makes your mailbox fill up like the seattle streets at mardi gras.
> > If it
> > only went back to the list, everyone would get it, but they would only
> > get it
> > ONCE.
>
>
>    Mike, multiple posts dont bother me as much as the abuse of posting.
> As you notice, I sent this to the S-list, and only the S-list, which I
> try to do instead of sending multiple copies.  (Same as my previous
> email, only 1 copy sent).  Not sure how double posts happen, aside from
> getting it to sender & list, but accidents happen.  =)
>
>
> If someone wants to reply off list, they can always cut and
> > paste the
> > e-mail address into the new e-mail...problem solved. We may end up
> > with the
> > same useless posts, but if we deny those, then we deny the
> > community-like
> > nature of the list. That's half the fun here and I don't think any of
> > us want
> > to lose that.
>
>
>    You can have community-like nature without the "I washed my car today
> and it was great, thanks for listening", or the "me-too" posts.  I have
> ICQ, mIRC, and other chat like programs that I will gladly use before
> sending an email to 400+ people.  I'm not saying emails have to be cut
> and dry, but only that you send email if the majority of the people on
> the list can benefit.  If you want to carry on a conversation, by all
> means, please do.  Just dont use the list for it.  I have a fast
> connection (I even host my site from home), but others who are on dialup
> have to download close to, if not, 100+ emails from the list a day.  The
> time they spent waiting, waiting, to hopefully get something valuable
> and in the end they delete all but a few of the posts.  I am willing to
> be most of those people would rather get 25 valuable emails, than 100+
> conversational emails.  But then again, I have been wrong before...  =)
>
>  Andre'
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