Gareth, I completely agree with you and make it a practice to use the "Reply All" method so it always goes to the list and to the individual I'm replying to. I think there are people who subscribe to the list in 'mail' mode and wonder why they receive the message twice. This only happens if they're the individual the reply is addressed to, plus they receive it via the list. There are so many people who benefit from watching the exchanges between others, even though it won't specifically deal with their particular area/surname of interest. Best regards, Julie Preston [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gareth" <W/[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:58 AM Subject: [WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE] Off list responses > The practice of sending list queries to the sender *only* is one that occurs > on all lists that I am on, including those covering Dyfed. > For the sake of saying so, if we do this then several things may happen; > > <other listers are deprived of the opportunity to read/digest it, and ask > supplementaries perhaps, so a thread doesn't develop. > > <if a response off list is incomplete or even incorrect then someone gets > mislead. We are all capable of gettting it wrong on occasion, I personally > take comfort that someone will pick up on any of my blunders ! > > <the list appears to be unresponsive, and suffers for it when new listers > leave having got the wrong impression of how helpful a list really is. Or > are inhibited from asking at all if other people apparently don't get a > reply. > > I could go on and on but I think the point is made :-) > > Gareth > List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. > Lookup Exchange http://www.johngareth.freeserve.co.uk/lookup.html > Help Page http://www.johngareth.freeserve.co.uk/hicks.html > >