I have to agree.  Often I watch for responses to questions from other
members.  To no avail.  Responses are sent privately.  This takes the joy
out of the site.
 
Carol Lowe
 
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> From: Monika Forner <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Isla Margarita
> Date: March 03, 1998 1:05 PM
>
> Hi everybody:
>
> Would it be possible to make the default for answers to questions like
this
> one NOT  the private e-mail address of the questioner but address answers
> to such inquiries to the whole group, please?  I had been waiting for
> answers to the San Blas Islands question (and to may other similar ones
in
> the past) eagerly and for a long time; it's always interesting to hear
> about shelling spots ANYWHERE, at least to me.  When no answers came, I
> just thought nobody had an answer; it didn't even occur to me that people
> would answer privately.  Isn't a question like this part and parcel of
what
> Conch-L is all about?  I don't mind answers to flying pigs in public, in
> fact I enjoy them, but I DO regret to think that answers to questions of
> general shelling interest are provided in private.  Maybe I'm off here,
but
> would anybody really mind receiving such info, even if they personally
> didn't ask for it?
>
> Monika