2011/8/2 Thomas Gstädtner <tho...@gstaedtner.net>: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 03:19, Michael Jennings <m...@kainx.org> wrote: >> 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 >> > > I fully agree. I've seen a number of lists changing their behavior due > to some users complaining that they can't handle their mail client. > These changes have always been harmful as clients just can't manage it > properly as Michael explained already. > > Point is, that you always reply to the author, not the mailinglist. > The mailinglist doesn't generate mail, one user does and he has to be > replied to. The list get's it too if you want to share. That's what > the default behavior is, and that is what hundreds of other > mailinglists do, including such high-volume lists as LKML. > > If you feel you don't want to reply to an author but to the list, you > don't reply at all, you generate a new mail/thread, and there is no > confusion which button to use (in case there is: it's called "New" or > "Compose"). > > And yes, I too occasionally miss the right button and only reply to > the author, but resending doesn't hurt anyone and due to the extra > work it won't happen as much in future. This new and wrong behavior > leads people to forget how to do it right and they will do it wrong in > future on other lists, because most lists do it right. > > Major downside: mails do get sent to the list in the To header and no > longer to the author. I might not care about the list for several > days, but I sure would care if somebody takes time to reply to one of > my mails. > > Long story short: Please go back to the proper configuration and don't > force people to unlearn proper mail handling. >
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