Although we may represent a minority(?) on the list, I am voting with
Dennis Diamond and David Rodger against receiving messages of a personal
nature. Personally, I find posts that reproduce entire texts of previous
messages with only "thanks" or "great" attached to them quite annoying and
would prefer not to receive them. However, if the majority of subcribers
feel that those kinds of messages help nourish a sense of community, then
that's probably more important than the inconvenience of receiving unwanted
mail.
best,
Susie Ramsay