I strongly support Alan’s position. (Sent deliberately to the list using reply-all).
Owen > On Sep 30, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Alan Barrett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 30 Sep 2016, at 16:55, Seun Ojedeji <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 30 Sep 2016 13:25, "Alan Barrett" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> and I have asked for the mailing list configuration to be changed so that >>> it does not automatically add a “Reply-To” header in future. >> SO: I will suggest not to modify the list settings. Most of the time people >> hit reply and their mails goes as PM. I think it's absolutely fine for a >> community list like this to have a default response to the community. One >> can always do a formal withdrawal OR be mindful of who he/she is replying to >> before hitting the send button. > > There is no good answer, but I seek to minimise the harm done by mistakes. > > If the list does not add a reply-to address then there are two kind of > mistakes, neither of them very serious: > 1. Things that were intended as list replies are accidentally sent as > personal replies. trivial problem; they can be re-sent. > 2. Things intended as list replies accidentally accumulate a long list of cc: > addresses. Minor problem; the people in the CC list get multiple copies of > messages. > > If the list does add a reply-to address, then there is one kind of very > serous mistake: > 3. Things that were intended as personal replies accidentally get sent to the > list. This is potentially a huge problem, as confidential information can be > made public. > > Therefore, to minimise the harm done by mistakes, the list should not add a > reply-to address to messages. > > I realise that this is debatable, but that’s my position. > > Alan Barrett > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
