On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 02:51:58AM +0900, Dave G wrote: : : Telling people that they need to use proper email software and go : about things in the way they don't expect is not a path to sensible : human interfaces. Computers, machines, systems, should match us, not : us to them. In any case, despite the difficulties, computers are much : easier to change than people.
Composing email is a learned behavior. There is nothing intrinsically natural or sensible about it. If you learned something the wrong way, you can relearn it the right way. It's true that computer systems are designed around humanity's needs. But computers are still in their infancy and cannot tell the difference between a user making a wrong choice and a user purposefully making a choice that appears to be wrong. : I remain steadfast in my opinion that automatically replying to the : list is a much more natural option. Again, you're asking the computer to make a guess based on insufficient data. The headers from every php-general message contain information indicating that the email comes from a mailing list. When a mail client receives this email, it should be able to distinguish it as a list email instead of some other random email. If the mail client cannot perform this simple task, then it is up to the end user to do so, and to reply appropriately. If the user refuses to perform the task, the burden is on the user to properly configure the mail client or switch to a mail client that can do it. Don't tweak the content to work with your broken client software. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
