On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:16:35 +0100 Came this utterance formulated by Mike Scott to my mailbox:
> > Consider the following typical scenario:- > > 1. unsubscribed poster mails the list > 2. all on the list colour that in brilliant scarlet so they know to cc > the OP because he's unsubscribed > 3. a 'regular' responds > 4. that message hits the list > 5. someone else improves on that response. But the chances are the OP > won't see this, because the reply from (3) isn't coloured(*), so the > latest reply(5) isn't cc'd to anyone, including the unsubscribed OP. > 6. Now you have a branch of the thread where the OP's address doesn't > even appear on the emails..... > > Kind of defeats the object, it seems to me. > To be honest, half of the replies don't have much value to the OP anyway. How many of the replies to this OP are of value? This list, and moreso the users list, have a huge signal/noise ratio. It is all just noise anyway. The accepted way to change how things work in open source projects is through the bug tracking system, with only announcements on the lists i.e. new project proposals. I think someone may have even posted a change to the mailing list system as a bug. I certainly haven't voted for it. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
