On 5 Feb 2003 at 15:25, Illtud Daniel wrote: > [...] but I've sometimes been annoyed, not offended, by > replies to myself which also went to the list - **which > don't explicitly say so**. The reason for this is that > in common with lots of other people who are subscribed to dozens > of mailing lists, I tend to read my inbox first, then filtered > mailing lists when I have the time. If I get an email in my > inbox,
This is one more reason why I personally prefer an altered subject line to filter on, such as: Subject: [VNC] Re: Is this an issue of posting etiguette? But that's another item that generates a lot of argument. :) Probably from the bad-old-days when we used to see: Subject: [VNC][VNC][VNC] Re: Re: Re: Is this... Today's software is smarter than that, but the subject tag still annoys many people. > I assume that it's a reply to me, not to the list, and > I (often) reply back with a lengthy mail. Later on, I read the > same message on the mailing list, and *then* I get a bit annoyed, > since the people on the list would probably also appreciate the > reply, Point taken. > Oh, and on the Reply-to: issue - surely it's either an outdated > majordomo or a broken config if it can't spot loops? This isn't > a new issue by any stretch of the imagination - or is it a matter > of prolification of broken email clients/autoresponders? No, loops are not a new issue, and you'd hope that MTAs aren't still being released without loop-detection, but the anecdotal evidence would seem to be otherwise. Perhaps there's a configuration issue. IMO, the user shouldn't get a free-pass, however, when his client sends an auto-response to a list. If he's going to take the trouble to learn to setup an auto-reply, he should take the trouble to learn to configure it not to send to list-addresses. On my MTA, I've put some effort into hand-crafting filters to strip auto-replies before they enter my network, but the occasional auto-reply will still slip through occasionally. The loop-detection then prevents it being broadcast more than once every 24 hours, but that's still annoying to a lot of people. Hell, IMO, the user shouldn't get a free-pass when his client sends an auto- response -- period. :) One of the wonderful things about EMail is that it can be read at the recipient's convenience. If I expected an immediate response, I would've telephoned. That's why shredding all such messages to all users at the MTA doesn't bother me; I don't consider auto-replies a useful feature. -- Pete Phillips -- San Antonio, Texas -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
