DerekDrew@aol.com writes:
> 
> I have begun receiving messages which indicate the original sender as sender
> rather than the vanagon list as sender. I don't know if this is something
> Gerry is doing or if my AOL software has begun doing this. 

I haven't seen anything like that with ELM (Unix mailer)

> Either way, it isn't such a good idea. When I hit my reply button the message
> might go back to that individual rather than to the whole list. 

I prefer it that way.  You can still send a group reply if you want, which
would go back to the list.  Having ALL replies sent to the list makes it
very hard to send private mail as a response.

> About 1/2 of the messages on this list have no business being here as it is
> merely mindless chatter from lonely people. 

Why thank you.  What a genuinely nice thing to say!

> 					       I feel that Joel can post any
> message he likes because he regularly contributes very valuable technical
> information. 

Not to me, I don't have a Vanagon.  In principle, I agree with you, though.

> 		 Some of the other people are just blowing hot air into this
> thing and it has the potential to drive people with real jobs and real lives
> off the list. 

Now come on Derek, ALL of us have "real jobs and real lives".  Yes, that
includes Ric.  :)

> The saving grace is when people properly identify their subject matter. Those
> of us who don't want to read poems about our campers have learned what Friday
> Haiku means. 

Agreed.

> Messages still go through here like "Glad to hear that,"  "I agree," or
> "Thanks for all your help." I feel that if you have this little to say that
> you should send a private message. 

I bet a few of them were intended to be.  It's entirely too easy to hit "r"
to reply and forget that it is sent to the list.  I've even done it a couple
of times, and I do this stuff for a living.

> Please don't generate traffic just to generate traffic. There are plenty of
> places for that sort of thing in cyberspace.

If I might add a little pet peeve of my own, Please also don't quote 80 lines
of text and add 3 new ones at the bottom in your reply!!!!  Even with a 56
row window this gets annoying...

-David

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