That's how it should be, Collin however, sometimes, even when I've pressed 
control-r in outlook express, the message ends up going to the sender and 
not the list.  As others have said, I try to remember to check the to field 
before hitting alt-s.  Lou
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: posting problems


> the easiest way to make sure your messages go to either the list, or the
> individual who sent the original message is like this:
> when responding to the list as a whole, and when replying to a list 
> message,
> simply press control R (in outlook) and you will send back to the list.
> If you wish to respond to the individual sender, from a list message, just
> press control R, arrow down to the headder of the original message, select
> and copy that person's email address and replace the lists email address
> with the individuals email address in your "to" field.
> if a question is asked on the list, then the response with any info or
> suggestions should go back to the list as well. The whole idea is to share
> knoledge and ideas with everyone, not to share them with individuals on
> their own.
> If a question or request is off topic, then yes, the response should go 
> back
> directly to the sender, but if it is on topic for the list, then it should
> go to everyone.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob J." <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: posting problems
>
>
>>
>> Richard,
>>
>> I am using Outlook Express version 6.00.  When I respond to a list
> message,
>> I use Control-R to open the edit field for my response.  Control-R is the
>> keystroke for "reply to sender" and, because the sender is the list
> itself,
>> the response should be seen by all subscribers.  If, on the other hand,
> the
>> message to which I am responding was sent only to me by some other
>> subscriber then only that subscriber would see my response.
>>
>> I was under the impression that a special-interest list group usually
>> functions in a manner such that all subscribers should see all responses
>> thereby reducing the need for multiple subscribers to repeatedly ask the
>> same question.  Maybe not??
>>
>> 73   Bob   KD8IXD
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:42 AM
>> Subject: posting problems
>>
>>
>> Hi list;
>> To put the question another way, when using outlook or outlook express
> does
>> anyone know which settings determine how messages go to the list so that
> if
>> someone replies it goes to the individual rather than the list?  Once one
>> had that info, if someone wanted replies to their posts to go to the list
>> and not just to them privately they had the option to set their software
>> accordingly.
>> Richard
>>
>>
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