On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:10:45 -0700, John Hudson wrote: >I think it is what it is, know what I mean..
Not really.... :) Having read provided document links, I note that according to the gurus, I am wrong. I also note that every single Yahoo group that I subscribe to defaults to reply-to-list. <joke> Perhaps Yahoo has become the new Microsoft and has become the de-facto standard setter. </joke> At any rate, the internet gurus that say reply-to-list is bad are obviously very knowledgable and computer savvy. They know the landscape, and know what they can do - and how to do it. However, that does not change what I said. I think the majority of people that join a mailing list, especially people who are familiar with Yahoo lists, expect replies to automatically go to the list. It is also true that a large percentage of computer users are not very knowledgable about how lists work, and about how to make their mailer to addressing tricks. A subset of those really don't want to be bothered. So we have two universes colliding here, the ideal universe and the real world universe. So, what to do? Follow the rules? Or do what seems to make sense? Or, are they both the same? Thom is the one who makes that decision. As an interesting side note, my mailer is old and obsolete, no longer supported by it's authors, and doesn't handle HTML very well at all. Yet, when the Reply-To: is different from the From: address, it pops up a decision box asking me which one I want to reply to. I am not aware of any other email programs that do this; are there any? If not, this may be a feature that you all out there should demand from your mailer program of choice. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://radiojim.exofire.net http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
