Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote: >> Something like this is clearly a matter of opinion. I think we should >> have a poll among those who actually use the list. My vote is +1 to >> using the reply-to header. Yours is obviously -1. I'm willing to >> concede on a tie but lets see if anyone else has an opinion. > > +1. I never got around to modifying my mail filters to inspect CC as > well as List-id for inbox filtering, and now I don't have to :-) > > And I find it is less tiring, I always proofread the To and CC earlier > for some reason. > > (Though usually the argument is against because it can be confusing to > newcomer to mailing lists who then post something that should have been > offlist onlist; which has potentially much much worse consequences than > the opposite. But I think the cython-dev audience is experienced enough...) >
I can find arguments for either way, so a 0 from me on this. It is customary on mailing lists to go with Stefan's suggestion because most mailers have a "reply to" and a "reply-to-all" mode. Google mail seems to be an exception and I am surprised that Google hasn't fixed the problem. I have had similar discussion about the same issue with Ondrej Certik for example and at http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html you will find some argument for the position Stefan is taking. In the end it is all about convenience and it happens to me too every once in a a while that I take things off-list when I shouldn't. On the other hand I have never replied to the list when I intended to take something off-list, but that has probably to do with the fact that most of my email stay on-list. Cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
