I second this thought. I, too, have found extra tidbits, interesting info, and have connected with cousins through the list. However, as I said in my earlier reply to Vivienne (August 30), you don't have to enter the address keystroke by keystroke. There is a faster way. One extra click and you're there. Lori Beckerton North Bay, ON, Canada ---------- > From: Groat <groat@btinternet.com> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [ORKNEY] REPLIES > Date: Thursday, August 31, 2000 2:13 PM > > I am a member of two other lists, both very, very active and one apparently > dead. The latter has adopted the reply off-list procedure, the former have > all replies to list unless you manually alter this. I stick with all three, > but get / give much more to the two who reply to list rather than off-list. > This is after all the nature of a discussion list? > > As I feel this 'vote' will change the nature of the discussions on this > list, cutting them short and stunting their potential for development, I > felt it was necessary to put my point here for others to see - so I hope you > do not mind the extra clutter in your mailbox folks! > > Replies to the list - > This promotes discussion and many threads develop as others throw in their > tuppence worth turning out to have interest for many. There are also many > who lurk on the list, preferring to follow rather than contribute all the > time. They would miss out completely and might then never feel encouraged > to join in if they saw that messages seemingly never got replies! > > As I think Ivan has already said, many replies are dashed off quickly, not > realizing whether it is going to list or sender until after sent. So if by > default they all went to list, then we would miss nothing and threads would > follow through. If you feel you are truly off on a specific tangent the > option is there for you to manually alter the addressee! > > Right off to do some work on those elusive dead folks! > > Catriona > > > > > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >