>Dear Fellow Subscribers,
>
>I have been receiving the messages of  this list for about a month.
>One of the first messages that I read was a request that mail for a
>particular individual be sent directly to that indvidual's own e-mail
>address rather than to the group at large.  This was followed by
>several messages explaining how to do so.  This suggestion seems to
>have had little effect and so I receive some 20-25 messages per day
>that are, in fact, intended for someone else or perhaps for a small
>group of subscribers (e.g., those interested in manure, artichokes
>or football).  It is easy enough to address a message to one
>particular person or to send carbon copies  to several people and it
>does not seem to me to be too much to ask that this be done when
>appropriate.
>
>Some of us have to pay quite heavily for net access, especially those
>outside of the USA ($6.00/hour here in Ecuador) so the time spent
>downloading irrelevant messages is a consideration.  I downloaded the
>Conch-L list of subscribers last night and found that there are 384
>of us; surely I am not the only one who feels inundated by unwanted
>messages.  Or am I?
>
 
 
Kate,
        I too feel that there is too much non-shell related material on
this list, but I don't pay $6.00 an hour to use internet.  I usually, by
now, (3 months) recognize names who use this list for jokes, sports,
recipes, etc. and don't read their letters.  It saves me time and
frustration. If you stay on this list (I hope that you do) you'll find that
the majority of the 384 people subscribing are serious and courteous
people. I know that at times I too push the reply button and don't rewrite
the sender's e-mail address, as I should.  I guess some of us make those
mistakes, at times.  Most of the e-mail on this list has been useful for me
as I too am isolated in Northern California, with no shellers to share
ideas with.  I guess I have learned to not take this problem too seriously.
But, once again, I don't pay $6.00 an hour to use internet.
Dan Yoshimoto
 
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