> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:33:16 -0700 > From: Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Question re Tutor List Etiquette > To: tutor@python.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 11:56 AM 8/14/2007, Kent Johnson wrote: > >Dick Moores wrote: > > > When sending a reply to a post, to the list, should we also address > > > the reply to the author of the post to which we are replying? > > > (There's gotta be an easier way to say that..) If we do so, then the > > > author gets a duplicate of our reply. > > > >This is configurable for each subscriber. Go to the tutor web page at > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > >Enter your subscription email at the bottom where it says, "To > >unsubscribe from Tutor, get a password reminder, or change your > >subscription options enter your subscription email address:" > > > >Set "Avoid duplicate copies of messages?" to Yes. > > Great! > > > > Ten years ago or so I managed a Majordomo list, and I recall that it > > > was possible for the list manager to configure the list to include a > > > "Reply-To" header. If this would be possible for the admins to do > > > with Tutor -- to include a "Reply-To: tutor@python.org" header in the > > > posts sent out by the list, it would enable us to address a reply > > > only to the list by hitting the "Reply" button. > > > >Surely you have been reading the list long enough to know that this > >comes up every three months as a topic! > > No, you can't assume that because I'm a long-term subscriber that I > have always faithfully read the list. If I had, I'd be much better at > Python than I am! > > > It's not going to change. I'm > >not going to discuss it (and I hope no one else will either). Search the > >archives if you want to see previous discussions. > > Well, I don't see that it's all that bad that I brought it up again. > The newcomers undoubtedly will benefit from your advice, as I did. Or > does the new welcome message mention how to avoid duplicate copies of > messages? If not, it should. > > Dick > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > End of Tutor Digest, Vol 42, Issue 50 > *************************************
Greetings: I receive these messages as a digest, not individual e-mails. So for me the list is the sender. To reply to an author, I have to Fwd: and and copy the address manually. Since I almost never need to do that, it isn't a problem. Also, it keeps my my inbox uncluttered: half a dozen e-mails a day instead of scores. On the other hand, the compilation delay means that by the time I see a new question, it's nearly always been answered three times already. So y'all seldom get the benefit of my superior Pythonic advice. =8^) FWIW, it's nice to see this topic addressed for once without the usual accompanying flamage. I agree with Dick that this info should be added to the FAQ. Keep the frustration level down by providing the options up front. Regards, Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541-302-1107 ________________________ We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals. -Quarry worker's creed _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
