> On May 30, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Mirriam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Owen > > Iam not suprised that you are defending someone who could not even first go > to oroffesor Nii to apologize in person but choose to use the mailing list.
I am surprised that you are considering my email below to be a defense of anyone. I am going to presume that you are, instead, replying to a different email in which I did NOT defend Andrew’s actions, but did state my opinion of Andrew’s character. > A sigh that he does not even mean what he wrote herein. He respects no one. We can agree to disagree. > Andrew can continue his service to rhe community but far away from the > Afrinic board which he has disgraced time after time. It is my opinion that would be the board and the community’s loss. Again, we can agree to disagree. Owen > > Mirriam > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Owen DeLong > <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 30 Sep 2016, at 16:55, Seun Ojedeji <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> On 30 Sep 2016 13:25, "Alan Barrett" <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss> > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss>
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