WAS:Survey, Private mail

[Israel Stein]

On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Dennis Johnson wrote:

> Please!   Before we get 150 more responses to this entire list, send your
> replies directly to Steve. I'm sure he would be happy to inform us of the
> interesting results.
>
>         May I also take this moment to remind subscribers (especially new
> subscribers) of the discussion we had some time ago about using this list
> for sending private messages. Sometimes there is indeed a fine line between
> what might be of interest to others and what isn't, but always remember
> that your message is being sent to an entire list which is growing daily.
> Many do not get this service for free, but it goes even beyond that. We
> just don't need the clutter of someone else's private mail. Thank you.
>
>
> Dennis Johnson
> johnsond@stolaf.edu
> St. Olaf College

Amen! I would also like to suggest that in the future when surveys or
other appropriate requests are posted, the originator should include in
his/her post a reminder that replies should be sent privately.

In addition to all the reasons cited by Dennis above, every message
inappropriately posted to the whole list unnecessarely ties up the system
at BYU while two hundred plus messages are sent to people who have no use
for them...

Israel Stein