Re: Please Identify Yourselves

Ned Jacklin and Jeff Wickman writes:
>
> A common problem exists on both SCOUTS-L and ARROW-L. Many people ask
> for private responses, but they do not include their e-mail address in
> the text of their message. (Others include 4 or 5 e-mail addresses!!
> How do they keep up with all that?)
>
> Others have brought this up, and I have brought it up at least once in
> the past. Some of our e-mail programs DO NOT identify the individual
> by whom the message was sent. I'm using Lotus cc:Mail 2.2, which only
> tells me that my messages are from
>
> SCOUTS-L - Youth Groups Discussion List <SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU>
> at INTERNET
>
> or from
>
> ARROW-L - Order of the Arrow BSA List <ARROW-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> at
> INTERNET
>
[...]

I agree it is always best to identify yourself and add an electronic
"signature" (many mailers can do this automatically). But there is also
an easy solution for people who have to use a mailer which strips the
headings off of incoming messages: the LISTSERV software can send
messages with dual headers (i.e. normal headers, and a copy of the
headers included in the message body). To get this, send the following
command to LISTSERV@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU :
set scouts-l dualhdr
(or of course, set * dualhdr to get it for all the lists on the listserv)

The main disadvantage is of course that all the messages will become a
bit bigger...

David

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