I heartily second Steve Kates'  appreciation of the existence and  the
management of, and the contributions to this list,
Michael Ambrosi
University of Trier

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>Von: Societies for the History of Economics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im
Auftrag
>von Steve Kates
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. April 2010 02:45
>An: [log in to unmask]
>Betreff: Re: SHOE: Lists and Blogs
>
>I can see that there are different levels of interest on this list with
some only
>interested in notification of the next meeting of the HES while others take
pleasure in
>the exchanges over various topics that come up from time to time. There may
well
>be some who find the discussion threads only an annoyance so there may be
an
>advantage in separating the two sets of threads. My guess, though, would be
that
>near enough everyone would sign up for both since what we have here is an
instant
>communication system in which historians from around the world are able to
listen in
>on discussions amongst other historians of economics and occasionally buy
in
>themselves. Why someone would not want to eavesdrop on these conversations
I do
>not know. Personally, I am content with the way things are and if there is
a split I will,
>of course, subscribe to both.
>
>Let me also finally add that the reversion to the previous system of
identifying
>postings, where the original author is named as the sender of the posting
and the
>subject line is then usable to group all of the postings, is a vast
improvement and I
>thank the moderator for making this change. The only suggestion I would now
make
>is that the letters: "SHOE" are affixed at the start of each posting so
that it is possible
>to recognise these when they arrive. And let me concur with others in
agreeing that
>this list is a wonderful service to historians of economics and is greatly
appreciated.
>We are all in debt to the moderator for his efforts in controlling this
traffic.
>
>
>Dr Steven Kates
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