On Wed, 18 May 1994 21:51:08 CDT James Ford said: >I have been thinking about changing my list from Send= Public to Send= >Private. > >How to most of you have your Send= option set to...public or private? I don't use Send=Private much because so many users use a different mail address each hour as they alternate which workstation they use in a Unix lab. One moment they're [log in to unmask], then they're [log in to unmask] I try to convince them to pick one and use it, but sometimes they just can't get to their favorite. Mostly I use Send=Public to avoid the hassles, sometimes I use: Send = editor Editor = [log in to unmask],(listname) If they're on the list, it goes. If not, it comes to me as editor for approval. It's nicer for the would-be rejections because it gives me a chance to have mercy on them and pass the note along. Send=Private with its outright rejections seems to harsh and leads to too many "I'm on the list, why can't I just reply to the list?" questions. Credit goes to someone else, perhaps Marty Hoag, for coming up with that deviate use of Send=Editor. :-) * [log in to unmask] * ------ * Intelligence demands reasons, not rules.