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[Towertalk] Double posts...

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Subject: [Towertalk] Double posts...
From: llindblom@juno.com (Larry L Lindblom)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:46:02 +0000
RR, I've notice a few here that appear a 2nd time several days after. 
Maybe it has something to do with the ISP the message originates from.

W0ETC

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:10:44 -0500 "WW3S" <ww3s@zoominternet.net> writes:
> I'm not sure the problem is the reply to; I seem to be getting the 
> same
> message, usually a few days after the first one was posted. Anyone 
> else
> seeing this?
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dino Darling <k6rix@arrl.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:57 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] Double posts...
> 
> 
> > Am I the only person getting double posts from this list?  Maybe a 
> little
> > manual editing is needed before hitting the send button!
> >
> > Also, since I subscribe to this list, just responding to the list 
> would
> get
> > me the message.  I'm getting "LPDA" messages that I'm not even 
> included in
> > the conversation only because I asked the initial question.
> >
> > Being that this group is about the open discussion of towers and 
> antennas,
> > all replies should automatically go BACK to the list (for everyone 
> to
> > see).  As it is now, people have to MANUALLY include this list in 
> their
> > replies along WITH the original sender and those in the cc field.
> >
> > I personally delete the original sender and replace it with the 
> TOWERTALK
> > address.  No need to send it twice!  It really as easy as 
> highlighting the
> > "to" field and inserting towertalk@contesting.com.
> >
> > If this was a broadcast list (like FOR SALE lists) then it would 
> make
> sense
> > to direct replies to the sender.  To me, Tower Talk is a 
> roundtable
> without
> > a radio, microphone, and antenna.  If we were on the air, we would 
> all
> hear
> > the various replies and learn from them.
> >
> > I know replies to the list are frowned on by some list masters, 
> but it is
> a
> > better idea especially for this list!  I run it the same way for 
> lists I
> > manage and it works perfect!  Everyone is in the loop then!
> >
> > If you do need to reply to the sender, THEN you can manually reply 
> to
> > them...not manually every time as you do now.
> >
> > What do YOU think?
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Dino...k6rix@arrl.net
> >
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