My $0.02 worth (not worth much these days) Since there is little consistency between all the groups I'm on, I try to remember every time to CHECK where "REPLY" will go, and adjust accordingly.
Hence, I don't care HOW you set it, I'll still have to check each time. Chuck, K1OM On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Garey Barrell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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<http://woozle.org/%7Eneale/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. >>> >>> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Drakelist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist >
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