> Something spooky seems to have happened, I recognise my message but I
never
> saw it in the piclist, I have echo on, and my other messages came back.
I've
> seen some other strange effects on Piclist which I might raise in a
seperate
> message.

This happens to me too on occasion.  I spend time writing a reply that I
intend everyone to see and then it never shows up on the PIC list.  I think
I finally figured out what is going on.  Some people have their REPLY
address set.  The list server will fill in the REPLY address to the list,
but only if it is not already set.  When other people do a reply to this
kind of message, that reply only goes to the poster, not the whole list.

I find this very annoying.  Assholes that set their REPLY address should
either get their messages bounced, or have the list server just substitute
its own REPLY address.  It's pretty arrogant to think that you are so
special that responses to your comments should go back to you only.

Unfortunately James not only likes it this way, but is also the worst
offender, so this isn't likely to get fixed any time soon.  I wonder how
many others responded to James' request for what you would like to see in a
selection guide thinking everyone would read your response, only to have it
never show up on the list.


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Devens Massachusetts
(978) 772-3129, olin@cognivis.com, http://www.cognivis.com

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