Agreed, this is THE ONLY list I've ever seen, where the reply-to, does not
go to the list. Does make little sense, and did never make any sense at all.
Now, when I first started out using WE, and also joined the list, I thought
it was strange, but took it as part of the learning curve of the new screen
reader. In a sense, you could tell it to simply being the 'strange way' that
GW dealt with their list members.
Then one day, we got the scripting feature of WE. Along with that, we also
got a separate list for scripters. That list, is also ran by GW. But crazy
as it is, on that list, the Reply-to does go directly to the list, not to
the originator. WHY, WHY, and WHY - GW - can't you at least stick to one
standard, all cross the board. If you want an awkward list, that does act
all differently from any other list out there, then make ALL your lists
awkward. It is some kind of a mess, when I join both this list, and the
scripting list, and have to remember what kind of replying method applies to
the one and the other. That is not what I call good business structure. If
you want to set your own, private standard, then by all means do that. But
then PLEASE, make that standard consistent, silly or not.
And, please, GW staff, would you mind to explain to me, and the rest of the
list, what is so great a benefit of having the reply-to only going to the
originator. People here tell that otherwise we would have a stream of
messages? Don't know about that. Last 24 hours, I have received more than 30
message, namely on this very list. Now, if it so happened that 5 extra
messages would have been produced, due to the reply-to feature working
normally, I'd say I should be able to deal with that. If not, it is time to
unscribe. Smile. After all, if such would have produced a huge amount of
extra trafic, then why doesn't it produce a huge amount on the scripting
lits, or on any of the other lists that I am subscribed to from other list
servers.
Sorry, but to me, it seems somehow old-fashioned, to think we can invent the
wheel all over. Sure, it might be that this list has ALWAYS been this way,
and some might have been used to it, but when all other lists work the other
way? What benefit is it, if the user has to operate ten lists one way, but
his screen reader list is so ยจ 'special', that he has to operate it totally
different? Am I wrong, in stating that just about any other list on the net,
will work with the replies going to the list? Or, could possibly anyone here
tell me but one other list, that has the same strange behavior of the
reply-to function. OK, likely there exists such lists out there, but
honestly, I have never seen them. Go ahead, and educate me.
Allright, most listers would say, is this really anything fuzzing about?
Maybe not. Still, it does make you wonder, when GW first makes up a
standard, and then all the sudden breaks their own-made standard. Messy, if
you ask me. Smile.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Orange" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: gw list
Avalanch or not; without seeing the answers to problems, the list does us
little good (if all we see is essentially one plea for help after
another).
It also means that those who don't know the answers, never learn the
answers, and so never take their turn (as it were), in helping out others.
Every other list allows replies to be seen, and we all manage to deal with
the "avalanch".
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Finley [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 8:25 AM
To: 'Robert C'
Cc: info mailling list gw
Subject: RE: gw list
Robert, Katherine, etc.,
How many listservs have you been on that inundated your in
box with more messages than you could read in a day, or even
a week? This list used to be like that when all replies went,
by default, to the entire list. As I recall, the will of the
then listers was polled and the change was made.
I'll take this any day over the avalanche of email that can otherwise
result.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert C [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:46 PM
To: net bat
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: gw list
The big deal is that MOST email lists/groups do not
have this and so
its safe to say that MOST list members here forget when in
fact they want their reply to go to the list. It does get frustrating.
Quote of the nanosecond...
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics
are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full
of doubts.
--Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author,
Nobel laureate
(1872-1970)
Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn
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On 12/12/2011 6:16 PM, net bat wrote:
> whats the big deal?
> either use reply to all or
> go to the to field and put [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> there and the message will go
to the list
> without haveing the message going to the sender two times.
> *From:* Katherine Moss <mailto:[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, December 12, 2011 6:07 PM
> *To:* Chip Orange <mailto:[email protected]> ; 'Bud Schwab'
> <mailto:[email protected]>
> *Cc:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> *Subject:* RE: Re: Disabling sound enhancements was Re:
loss of sound
> I think it strange too. Most often mailing lists allow for
that kind
> of thing by default. It could be that the mail server they
use doesn't
> allow for it though.
> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original
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>
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