> And have you been convinced sending the author two > messages...makes sense? or that the default behavior is a > private response to a public conversation... > > I have even found direct emails quite close to rude.(mostly > when the responder actually was rude) the default reply > should simply target the list ... The direct emails arent > marked as coming through the list and are likely to end up in > my spam bucketss... or just get overlooked. > > I am in my forties and preger to learn new tricks that make > sense and are generally useful.. fighting with my mail client > to avoid double sending to folks isnt one of them.
I don't necessarily agree on a personal level, but there's no use fighting the current when it's far stronger than you are individually. I've learnt that the hard way on other lists :( I'm in agreement with you... List emails should solely come from the list, not from individuals who are responding to a conversation you've previously taken part in. But, while I prefer to reply solely to the list's main address, if the default reply method for this list is to respond to individual correspondents and send the mail to the list address to deal with the other subscribers, then I suppose all I can do is shrug my shoulders and get used to it. On the odd occasion such as now, I'll manually edit the to: addresses and only put in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list address (which I know seems a bit hypocritical given how I've sent previous emails in this list today) but if that's how the list admins have configured it then so be it. Pragmatism wins. Why don't I just keep on modifying the to: addresses each time I send a reply? Well, although it's a relatively minor operation, after a while it becomes too much of a hassle and too frustrating to have to go and clean out the recipient addresses every time. I'll just fire off a response and hit Send. I'm on a lot of lists and I can foresee it becoming very tiresome after a while - but as long as the other active participants don't mind correspondence being conducted in this manner, then who am I to go against the tide? <shrug> (... Unless you want to form an uprising with me and take over the list in a piratey style? (I already have September the 19th* block booked for activities of this manner if you're interested.)) (*see yarr.org.uk) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk