On Sunday, 31 July 2011, at 18:04:46 (+0100), Steve Jones wrote: > I'm with Paul on this one.
This is incorrect. Adding reply-to is bad behavior. Here's why: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html The most important reason being that it becomes essentially impossible for most e-mail clients, including GMail, to "reply to author only." This can make for very embarassing public posts which were not meant to be, among other things. It boggles my mind how people who've been using e-mail for 15+ years have managed to go this long without ever having to reply to more than the original sender of an e-mail. :-P > We can reply to all, but it's not ideal and people (me included) > frequently just hit reply - that's what you do when you respond to > an email. It shouldn't be. What *should* happen is that you determine to whom you wish to reply and then take appropriate action. Yes, this requires thought. Most worthwhile things do. > The default position should be that all responses to mailing list > messages go back to the mailing list, unless the user decides to > override it. How? How does one override it? Most e-mail clients only have 2 options: Reply and Reply All. There is no "Reply to Author" button in the majority of cases. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <m...@kainx.org> Linux Server/Cluster Admin, LBL.gov Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I know I could have saved our love that night if I'd known what to say. Instead of making love, we both made our separate ways. Now I hear you've found somebody new and that I never meant that much to you. To hear that tears me up inside, and to see you cuts me like a knife." -- Poison, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
