Why in the world can't one sent a message to the list if you are looking for a SHELL person? How else can you reach so many shell people at any one time? It is not always the case that you have lost contact with someone, sometimes you want to contact a person for the first time and don't have contact information.
If you can't answer or if it is of no interest to you ... hit the delete button! A lot of the messages is for me 'chit chat' and of no interest... and the reason why I belong to theis group is to 'chit chat' about shells... not all is relevant to each person. Read what falss in your field..
I just wanted to share my opinion.. with the group, as I think I am not alone. If I'm wrong, SORRY!
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Frank has a good point - the list can be in effect "spammed" by
chit-chat about how to contact various folks. That said, if people
would a) just send one and one only request regarding a member of the
Conchological Community they have lost contact with, or need to get in
touch with (***after trying all other possibilities***), and more
importantly, b) send ALL replies to such messages **privately**, then
i see this as a legitimate function of the list - facilitating
communication between conchologists. The problem is mostly that people
are sometimes not careful to reply privately. I wonder if the list
owners could now consider having list messages reply to the sender
instead of the whole list - making them reply to the list as a whole was
initially a great idea to stimulate discussion and get the list
established, but perhaps it is time to move on, in order to eliminate
most of the private messages which get sent to the list.
From the land of Fluffy White Stuff,
Ross M.
William M. Frank wrote:
All this other stuff about "missing people" is to me is just "spam"
and certainly of no interest to a vast
majority of people who care about shells. Please -- no more.
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<DIV>Why in the world can't one sent a message to the list if you are looking
for a <STRONG>SHELL </STRONG>person? How else can you reach so many shell people
at any one time? It is not always the case that you have lost contact with
someone, sometimes you want to contact a person for the first time and don't
have contact information. </DIV>
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<DIV>If you can't answer or if it is of no interest to you ... hit the delete
button! A lot of the messages is for me 'chit chat' and of no interest...
and the reason why I belong to theis group is to 'chit chat' about shells... not
all is relevant to each person. Read what falss in your field..</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I just wanted to share my opinion.. with the group, as I think I am not
alone. If I'm wrong, SORRY!<BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> [log in to unmask] 02/01/02 11:37AM
>>><BR>Frank has a good point - the list can be in effect "spammed"
by<BR>chit-chat about how to contact various folks. That said, if
people<BR>would a) just send one and one only request regarding a member of
the<BR>Conchological Community they have lost contact with, or need to get
in<BR>touch with (***after trying all other possibilities***), and
more<BR>importantly, b) send ALL replies to such messages
**privately**, then<BR>i see this as a legitimate function of the
list - facilitating<BR>communication between conchologists. The problem is
mostly that people<BR>are sometimes not careful to reply
privately. I wonder if the list<BR>owners could now consider
having list messages reply to the sender<BR>instead of the whole list - making
them reply to the list as a whole was<BR>initially a great idea to stimulate
discussion and get the list<BR>established, but perhaps it is time to move on,
in order to eliminate<BR>most of the private messages which get sent to the
list.<BR><BR>From the land of Fluffy White Stuff,<BR>Ross M.<BR><BR>William M.
Frank wrote:<BR><BR> All this other stuff about "missing
people" is to me is just "spam"<BR>and certainly of no interest to a
vast<BR> majority of people who care about shells.
Please -- no more.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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