Why I love/hate listservs..

So the following exchange took place today on a listserv i'm on...the names/emails have been changed to protect the ______ (you decide)

Hello everyone and sorry to be so last-minute, I did not realize that I
was to organize a meeting for us at the SfAA, assuming that some of us
will be attending. Please let me know as soon as possible if and when
you will be at the meeting and the best day/time for us to meet, given
your schedule. Ruthbeth Finerman would like to meet with us concerning
the 2008 meeting in Memphis.  Apologies again--I can now unequivocally
state that it is a bad idea to spend two weeks in Timbuktu at the
beginning of the semester, in case anyone was considering doing so. It's
very disruptive to one's schedule! Best, C

>>Ok, so there was a mistake, and the email was sent out to the entire membership...no biggie, right?



To everyone who got this email by mistake:  it was intended for the SMA
Board Members, so please don't worry about obligations if you are NOT a
boar member. C

>>A quick email to fix the problem - clearly explaining that the prior email was a mistake



To the SMA members who probably wonder why they elected me:  I do NOT
think you are all boars. I probably need to take a nap. Sincerely,
C

>>Small joke about a typo - not a big deal, but may have broke the seal..



But: some of us will be at SfAA meeting - so can
  those of us there meet with Rutbeth about the
  memphis meeting - seems sensible.
  L1

>>Honest question about the meeting...



D P wrote:
are we gonig to have a meeting

>>Again



LM wrote:
some members of the board will meet with Ruthbeth - as I understand it - not an SMA general meeting though .. L

>>More clarification



I am not on the board so you may want to take me off this list.
E

>>1st Email to hit 'reply-all' to the members listserve (plus a few other addresses) - thereby sending their request to get off the (nonexistant) board-only email to the entire group + some extras



It's a delight to hear from people I've lost touch with and to find out their new email addresses, but everyone should know that when you hit "reply all," everyone gets your email--including those of us who are not on the Board.
L1

Could you please remove the smamembers when you send this email.
We are all getting spammed
-----Original Message-----
are we gonig to have a meeting

>>Quickly explained - one would thing 'reply all' would be stopped



I also should not be on this list.
Thanks,
L2
 
>>But they keep coming



Yes, me too please.

>>And Coming



Me neither. Tom

>>And Coming



Please remove me from the list as well.
Thank you,
L3

>>And Coming!!



Hello, friends,
   Please change my email address in your system to -------@msn.com so you
messages don't get blipped out by my spam machine.  Thanks.
    W

>>And Coming!!!!!!!!



Yes, me too!
 
>>And Coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I am not on the board and should not be on this list. Thank you, K

Please remove me too.  Too many emails.
L4

Me too. Thanks.

me neither B

Me, too, thanks

Colleagues,
Please take me off this email exchange!
Thanks,
S

lease take me off the list as well. B

me too--thanks!

>>By this point not only does every email go to the members listserv, but to a cascading number of individual emails who are caught up in a feedback loop in the reply-all function...the rolling snowball of reply-all replies...




PLEASE, STOP SENDING THESE MESSAGES TO EVERYONE ON THE LIST!!!!  If you want your name off a list,
contact the responsible person in a direct email.  This is becoming very annoying.

>>A brief explanation...



Excuse me… but I’d like to recommend that everyone stop responding to these emails (even if to be asked to be removed from the list). I think the SMA members list-serv is supposed to reach of all us – it’s simply that many of these emails were intended for the board and NOT for the SMA members list.
I don’t think asking the whole SMA-list-serv to be removed is helping the issue (this means each message is reaching 100s+ of people, I imagine).
Perhaps a list-serv moderator can identify themselves so that people who would in fact like to opt out of the SMA members list-serv can do so by contacting them directly.

>>The longer expanation - sent only to the members list (a good start)



Hello!
Sorry to interject another message here, but please believe me, we can
all ignore (do not respond) to the recent spat of emails regarding the
SFAA meeting.
I'm not an SMA board member.  However, the recent message regarding the
SFAA was clearly accidentally sent to the general SMA membership (as
opposed to the SMA board).
Things like that happen.
Best regards,
K

>>Yet another explanation - ironically sent using the reply-all function...



To the Membership:  PLEASE do not hit reply to tell me you would like to
be removed from this list. I meant to email the SMA Board and emailed
the entire membership. I will never do this again!!! Presumably you do
not want to be removed from the SMA list. I am not removing anyone but
DO NOT reply to all. Thanks so much. C

>>The official response/apology - so it can finally end...right?



Ok,
Everyone please stop replying to this. I hope this is the last email of this series
R

>>Another reply-all recognition - oxymoronic by this point



Me too.
J

Take me off too.
L

>>AND COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!