There has to be a better way!
 

I went to a bit of effort to reply to an inquiry in a post here about Towing
a boat.

After giving the subject some good thought and committing it to an email to
the originator it rejected as a bad address.

I'm certain this has happened to everyone, but I'm to the point that I'm not
responding to any more inquiries because it is just a waste of my time and
effort.

Certainly I realize that it happens because people use incorrect addressees
to limit the amount of junk mail they get. But if you ask a question how do
you expect people to answer it?

Sometimes I reply on the news group rather than to an individual and often
the reply never gets posted.

We've got to figure a better way to communicate! Or just read what's posted
and not bother with a reply.

Don Dando

Don Dando wrote:

I went to a bit of effort to reply to an inquiry in a post here about Towing
a boat.

After giving the subject some good thought and committing it to an email to
the originator it rejected as a bad address.

I'm certain this has happened to everyone, but I'm to the point that I'm not
responding to any more inquiries because it is just a waste of my time and
effort.

Certainly I realize that it happens because people use incorrect addressees
to limit the amount of junk mail they get. But if you ask a question how do
you expect people to answer it?

Sometimes I reply on the news group rather than to an individual and often
the reply never gets posted.

We've got to figure a better way to communicate! Or just read what's posted
and not bother with a reply.

Don Dando



HuH! Speak for yourself.

Post it to the group, is the consensus.

Press reply, not reply to all. That way, you won't be trying to send
mail to the group along with the positor's addy, munged for
protection. That could interrupt the entire spurt.

If you can post for yourself, you can post in reply. The subject
line determines the threading, so don't change it, if you want the
board to show it in association. 'Course, you can associate the
list any way you want to, once you download the headers, no?

I don't understand your indignation. Read the friggin' manual.

Oh, better mung your addy, or you'll probably get spammed.

Good luck, come again.

Terry K

well, if your postning here about boating, your wasting your time.

Also Sprach Don Dando :
I went to a bit of effort to reply to an inquiry in a post here about Towing
a boat.

After giving the subject some good thought and committing it to an email to
the originator it rejected as a bad address.

I'm certain this has happened to everyone, but I'm to the point that I'm not
responding to any more inquiries because it is just a waste of my time and
effort.

Certainly I realize that it happens because people use incorrect addressees
to limit the amount of junk mail they get. But if you ask a question how do
you expect people to answer it?

I expect people to reply to the group. What's the point in sending a
reply to only one sender? The whole purpose of USENET is to share
infomation, not to obfuscate it.

Sometimes I reply on the news group rather than to an individual and often
the reply never gets posted.

Time to find a better newsserver. I've been using individual.net for
years, its fast, costs nothing, and is spam-free.

Dan


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Don Dando wrote:
I went to a bit of effort to reply to an inquiry in a post here about Towing
a boat.

After giving the subject some good thought and committing it to an email to
the originator it rejected as a bad address.

I'm certain this has happened to everyone, but I'm to the point that I'm not
responding to any more inquiries because it is just a waste of my time and
effort.

Certainly I realize that it happens because people use incorrect addressees
to limit the amount of junk mail they get. But if you ask a question how do
you expect people to answer it?

Sometimes I reply on the news group rather than to an individual and often
the reply never gets posted.

We've got to figure a better way to communicate! Or just read what's posted
and not bother with a reply.

Don Dando



Just reply to the group Don. The answer is then open for discussion &
review by all; yes you might cop some flack here & there from non
boating idiots but so what????

Hey, this NG could toughen Tony Soprano up in no time:-) It's good for
the soul (cabin that is:-))

K

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:44:48 +0000, Don Dando wrote:


Certainly I realize that it happens because people use incorrect
addressees to limit the amount of junk mail they get. But if you ask a
question how do you expect people to answer it?

As the other posters have said, this is a news*group*. However, if you
really must reply by email, a casual look at the email address might help.
Many posters mung their addresses against robots, not humans. If you
look at the address in question, I suspect you will be able to figure out
how to de-mung it.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:44:48 GMT, "Don Dando"
wrote:

I went to a bit of effort to reply to an inquiry in a post here about Towing
a boat.

After giving the subject some good thought and committing it to an email to
the originator it rejected as a bad address.

I'm certain this has happened to everyone, but I'm to the point that I'm not
responding to any more inquiries because it is just a waste of my time and
effort.

Certainly I realize that it happens because people use incorrect addressees
to limit the amount of junk mail they get. But if you ask a question how do
you expect people to answer it?

Sometimes I reply on the news group rather than to an individual and often
the reply never gets posted.

We've got to figure a better way to communicate! Or just read what's posted
and not bother with a reply.

Don Dando


If I were in your shoes, I'd try to determine why my replies weren't
getting posted to the news group. Must be a problem somewhere. I have
experienced delays in posts showing up, but if they *never* show up,
then the problem has usually been my fault.

Putting your email address openly in the news group is asking for spam
and/or unwanted emails from others in the group.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"thunder" wrote
If you look at the address in question, I suspect
you will be able to figure out how to de-mung it.

Exactly. And if one looks closely enough, one might also be able to
determine whether the poster *wants* a private response or not.