The issues that Olin is replying to are not a result of private reply to settings, but since he has continued to complain about this I need to address it. If you set a private "reply to" address when you post to the PICList, the list server honors that request and passes the posts on to each member with the default reply address set to that individual rather than the list. When replying, that setting can be overridden if you really want to send a reply to the list. If anybody (other than Olin) actually cares about this please let me know and I'll see if I can change it. mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com?subject=NO_PRIVATE_REPLYS mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com?subject=ALLOW_PRIVATE_REPLYS I find it hard to believe that anyone could really object so strongly to allowing another poster (the person to whom one is replying) to specify that they wish the reply to be sent directly rather than via the list. I also find it hard to believe that it is so difficult to just look at the reply address before you hit send and, if you choose not to honor the original posters request to reply privately, just change the address to piclist@mitvma.mit.edu. Olin, referring to people as assholes on the PICList is not encouraged. Please calm down. Also, before we get the results of this poll back, think about this for a second: Are you able to accept the will of the majority (if not that of the list admins) and let this issue go? If you can't, you need to learn about "higher powers." I would suggest leaving the list and attending AA meetings instead. Not that I assume you drink, but it is my opinion, after 7 years clean and sober, that they have the inside track on the acceptance of a need for higher powers, religious or social. Would you rather have received that message privately? James Newton, PICList Admin #3 mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone http://www.piclist.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Olin Lathrop To: Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 08:16 Subject: Re: [EE]: 125 VDC Input ATX Supply > 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. ***************************************************************** Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Devens Massachusetts (978) 772-3129, olin@cognivis.com, http://www.cognivis.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu