[Yaesu] Re: [Icom] Please Read - Use Reflector For Posting Reply's, NOT Reply To Author Option - Please!

[Tom Currie]

WD8ARZ wrote:
> 
> Hey, here is how to share to the All, and not just One On One:
> 
> I get a funny feeling that the reason the same question keep getting
> asked is two fold.
> 
> 1) Many replys are sent the the sender of the message and not to the
> reflector. If You Use The Reply To Author Or Similiar Option In Your
> Mail Program, YOU ARE NOT SENDING A REPLY TO THE REFLECTOR FOR THE
> REST OF US TO READ. Sure private replys should only go to the sender.
> It is really bugging me that posters ask for info, replys go to that
> poster, and NEITHER SIDE SHARE THE ANSWER........come on guys and
> gals, support the reflector.
> 
> Use the Submissions address at the bottom of the posters message
> appended from the reflector that was used. That mail address will
> then go to all that recieve the reflector OR Browse the Archive's.
> 
> A trick I use so that content from the original message can be part
> of the reply I generate is to trigger a message using the Reply to
> Author, But I REPLACE the To: E-Mail Address With The Reflector
> Address. Copy/Paste works well also. Trim quotes of previous messages
> where it makes sense. At least provide enough so others can track down
> the full message if needed.
> 
> By the way, if your seeing all the address's of others that a message
> was sent to, such as with this one, then its time to upgrade your
> email program, or reconfigure it not to show those paths. All that
> clutter makes your reading email a real chore. Free email programs are
> out there that do not have that problem. Those paths should not be
> part of your message text content, nor should it be copied in reply
> messages to others.
> 
> 2) It is not unusual for the same popular question to get posted that
> has been asked and replied to many times earlier. Thats normal, and
> its great of those that repost such information for popular topics.
> However, Users Should Also Browse The Reflector Archives For Past
> Questions Too. For example for the Fox Tango Reflector Archives, go
> to: http://www.contesting.com/_yaesu/
> 
> Sometimes Years of postings are available for your browsing. You can
> copy messages with content that you want real easy and store them in
> a file on your end. I do that all the time. Some reflectors even have
> methods to have archived messages of interest sent to you upon
> request.
> 
> Read the messages that you received when you started a reflector
> sending you email. Those messages generally tell you where the archive
> for that topic is, and other great tips and techniques. I create a new
> email folder for each reflector, and put all that I receive and send
> there.....including those first auto genereated reflector messages
> with that great new user information.
> 
> I keep hearing about a FT8100 mods, and even thanks for the info, But
> No Info About The Mod Is In The Reflector...same for some of the Kit
> Lofer locations. They are refered to, but Not Provided.........UGH!
> 
> Hey I know this is common knowledge to many, sorry about the gripe.
> But the reason I particapte in these kinds of reflectors is to share
> with All Of Us. Please Share this information with others, and we will
> All reap the benifits.
> 
> Thanks, Many Thanks for those ther provide and support these excellent
> reflector sites on such great topics!!
> 
> 73 from Bill Stamps - WD8ARZ
> E-Mail Reply to:
> wd8arz@null.net
> 
> ----
> Submissions:  icom@qth.net

Thank you for sharing your great wisdom "with all of us" -- I'm sure no
one was insulted by your assumption that the majority of participants in
a half-dozen-or-so mail lists are all illiterate klods who have no idea
how their e-mail software works (especially since most are probably
using one of the Big Three programs accounting for most of the market
share - all three of which default to doing what you complain people
aren't doing).

While we are talking about illiterate klods who don't know how their
e-mail software works, maybe someone will "share with all of us" the
difference between your mass list of CC addresses (which routinely
should appear on the message being read) and the PATH information which
is really more applicable to USENET newsgroups -- that way "all of us"
would know what you thought you were saying at the end of your paragraph
with the number "1)" on it.

73 de N4AOF

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