For what it is worth, I learn a great deal from other people's discussions on this list. If everyone were to reply to the sender the list would have diminished value for me.
I am obviously just one person, but I am sure there are plenty of others who feel the same. Gregg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clayton Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Research Triangle Java User's Group mailing list." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [Juglist] Nov JUG talk resources > To play a little devil's advocate and add to the public discussion: > > It depends on your view as to whether it is a problem. If the reply-to > goes to the sender instead of the list then all of those people who > mistakenly send to the list when they meant to send to the individual > will be happy. However, all of those people who are expecting to reply > and add to the public discussion on the list now have the potential to > mistakenly send to the individual and add nothing to the public discussion. > > Since posting to the list is meant for public consumption then the > expectation is that the replies would be meant for public consumption. > Private discussions spawned from the list are not the primary purpose of > the list and therefore replies should go to the list. > > After having said all of that, I am not sure if I really care whether > the reply goes to the sender or the list. I will just check who I am > sending it to before I send it. > > --clayton > > saraiya shobha wrote: > > > All, > > > > Understand that this is a discussion group, but I agree with Richard > > and many others, when you say "reply to sender" it should go to sender > > and not the list. I belonged to couple other discussiongroups and they > > used to have same problem initially and they have now > > reconfigured. It works fine. So there is a way to change and this is > > not the only option we have currently. Just a thought! > > > > Thanks. > > > > _Shobha_. > > > > */"Richard O. Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > > > I would prefer that the default reply be addressed to the sender of > > the message, and not to the list. But this discussion will recur less > > often when email clients give the sender the option, rather than > > blindly follow the way the list is configured. > > > > Rich Hammer > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Juglist mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/slv/mailtag/*http://companion.yahoo.com/> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Juglist mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
