The lists I'm on at the moment are split pretty much between the reply function going to the list versus the reply function going directly to the sender. I actually see more people complaining about the situation where the replies go directly to the sender than I see people complaining about how this list is set up where the replies go out onto the list. When replies don't go on to the list people complain that they miss messages and that they forget to copy the list since it's such a non-standard behaviour. I guess what I'm saying is that there isn't going to be a consensus on how the list should be set up.
I use Thunderbird for most of my email handling. I use control+shift+l if I want a message to go directly to the list, regardless of how the list is set up. Depending on how the list is set up, I either use control+r to reply or control+shift+r to reply to all and check the address to make sure it's going to the sender and not the list. It's been a while, but in the past I've used Lotus Notes, Outlook Express, Outlook and Windows Live Mail with either JAWS or NVDA. I don't remember how I did it, but I was always able to direct replies to the list or to the sender. IMHO, it's everyone's responsibility to understand the list rules and how to use their email client and screen reader. I'm not saying changes can't be made to make it easier for the bulk of the users, but these changes won't solve all of the problems and won't take the place of common sense and good list etiquette and behaviour. On 18/01/13 15:51, MamaPeach wrote: > This is why I suggested what I did about messages going to the original > poster, as it is a round about process to get a person's personal email > address. It is with Windows Live Mail anyway. I have to actually go > through the process of adding a person to my address book in order to > see the text field with their email address. Then I copy and paste that > email into a reply to that person. That isn't as difficult as some have > to do it, but it can still be a pain. > > -----Original Message----- From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 4:13 PM > To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' > Subject: RE: thank you, thank you, I agree, yes, no > > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
