On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Jackie Fenton wrote: [snip] > This has been discussed before here on PaddleWise. We believe "reply to" > should show the individual that authored the message and not the list. > It has proven less awkward for subscribers to the list to have their > email that was intended for the entire list accidentally sent to one > individual (where they can just resend the message to the list) rather than > have email that is intended as a private reply to one individual end up > being sent to the entire list by accident. This set-up is not at all > uncommon in lists. > > Cheers, > > Jackie > list-owner i run a couple of lists myself, and hate to just add a "me too" but i agree, if i realize i've just replied to the sender, i can always resend it to the list, but it can be quite embarrassing to send a private message to the list . . . AND i can just about guarantee it cuts down on the list "clutter" ... especially with as many folks as we have on this list. my lists are quite small in comparison, but the best thing i ever did was change the setting to "reply-to:sender" mark [and his 2 centavos] -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] -- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 19 2000 - 19:18:56 PDT
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