On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 02:41:38 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
> I have to disagree with you on this one Michael.
> On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 00:05:58 +0100 (CET), Michael Polak wrote:
>> From/Reply-to chooser is displayd. In fact, it would be good idea to read
>> default value from ARACHNE.CFG... I want From: to be default for novice
>> users, to prevent too much unwanted traffic in mailing lists ;-)
> The problem I have seen in too many mailing lists is that novice
> sends "list reply" to individual, and then individual has to forward it
> to list. That slows things down, and also gets people pixxed off
> because newbie doesn't even know that list response goes to list!
> If you don't want people replying to the list, then remove the "reply
> to" line on the mail! However, what good is a list that never gets any
> messages? That would solve slow server problem you mention below ...
I agree with L.D., Michael. I have experienced the same problems she is
talking about in the case of another mailing list I subscribe to, which
sends all of its posts in digest form. The newbies don't know how to
handle their replies. Also I agree with all other comments L.D. has
made in her post concerning the disadvantages of digest form mailing
lists.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
<snipped additional quotes from Michael's post and L.D's comments>
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