Brian -
All that "yakking" is all well and good for 20 years ago. TODAY, on
typical reflector type mail lists, REPLY goes to the list. The whole
idea, _at least for the Drake list_, is to spread information among as
many users as we can. Having REPLY go ONLY to the OP deprives the rest
of the list members whatever information was exchanged. Now if this is
the occasional sale negotiation, or other 'private' communication, it's
easy enough to just replace the list address with the OPs address, or
REPLY ALL and delete everything but the OPs address.
The annoyance of the current situation is that I have to Reply All to
respond to the list, which currently then includes you, Richard, AND the
list. So unless I delete those two addresses, you will each receive TWO
copies of this drivel! :-)
I've been using eMail since ARPANET in the 60's, and there have been a
LOT of changes in protocol, or 'what's right' in that time. This is one
that is past due.
73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA
Drake 2-B, 4-B, C-Line& TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
Brian Koontz wrote:
I offer up these links not to take sides on the issue, or to serve up
controversy, but to simply provide some food for thought. (I, too,
have been down this road over the years.)
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
http://woozle.org/~neale/papers/reply-to-still-harmful.html
--Brian/WA3ITE
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 09:38:01AM -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote:
Most lists seem to be set so that a _reply_ command
goes to the list and _reply all_ goes to both list and
original sender. Its rather confusing when a list is set the
other way and requires editing of the _to_ field if you want
a reply to go to the list only. Also, evidently, a lot of
replies are going back to the original sender and not
getting to the list or the list archive. I use OE, which is
crude compared to Eudora but does the same thing. My vote
is to change it.
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