> >> This is the only list I'm on which has this bug.
> >
> >It's not a bug, it'a a feature. :)
> >
> >And you can't be on very many lists then - Reply-To set to the list is
> >standard on at least 80% of the lists I subscribe to.
>
> 80%, so what
> it's still a crime
> making a concious decision if what you have to say is truly
> going to be of interest to most people on the list
> is damn fine practice
In the vast majority of cases (wherever it's on-topic, about MD), other
people on the list would be interested in the replies given to the original
poster.
Lists run without a reply-to: set back to the list either:
- end up being a list of questions, with no answers - and the people that do
reply get fed up with answering the same question over and over, or:
- people just hit the "Reply to all" button as a habit, so if you ask a
question you get twice as much mail - personal and list copies of all the
replies.
I know that I wouldn't have learned half as much about MD if the list
defaulted to personal replies.
I make a conscious decision about whether I want something to be posted
every time I hit "Send". It's also *my* responsibility to change the To:
address if I need to send a private email.
This is how the majority of lists work. Don't blame *your* mistake on the
way the list works.
--
Simon
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