What email client are you using? It might be fewer steps in the use case you describe below by doing a reply to all and deleting the list address.
On 18/01/13 15:13, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: > Is there an efficient way to get a senders email address to reply directly to > them? > > Currently, the several step process I follow is below. Admittedly, it's not > excessive, but if there was a key combination, such as Ctrl-Shift-R (just > guessing) it might be quicker, easier, and more likely to be used. > > Now, the steps I follow when on my PC are: > > 1. Shift-tab back from the message to the From field. > 2. Highlight the text with a Control-UpArrow (JAWS) > 3. Copy the From text to the Clipboard > 4. Initiate a Reply message. > 5. Paste the copied address text in the Reply message area. > 6 Edit the pasted text from the From line in the original message, to get > only the person's email address. > 7. Highlight and cut edited email address. > 8. Shift-tab back to the SendTo field > 9. Paste senders email address > 10. Tab to the message area to write my Reply > 11. Send message to original Sender. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 1:51 PM > To: ViPhone List > Subject: thank you, thank you, I agree, yes, no > > Hello all. It's about that time again to remind people that thank you > messages sent to the list are considered off topic. This is because if > you want to show your gratitude to the person who gave you the answer to > life, the universe, and everything, it's best sent to that person > directly rather than to the entire list. If there are 1400 members on > list, and you are one of them, that leaves 1399 members. If you are > sending a thank you message for 1 or 2 people, then over 1300 members > are getting blasted with this kind of message and it just adds to the > already high traffic on list. Yes, I agree that saying thank you is a > form of politeness, and considering some of the messages of late on > whether to tip or not, it's painfully obvious that some list members > still act like children, but still, please send your thank you, I agree > messages, or similarly worded ones, directly to the sender when warranted. > > Thank you! > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > "I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was, > 'You'll never find anyone like me again!' I'm thinking, 'I should hope > not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you?' " - Larry > Miller > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
