Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: overall communication guidelines and reply-to mangling

Hi NoOp, *,

Am 30.11.2011 04:50 schrieb NoOp:
> On 11/28/2011 08:23 AM, Michael Meeks wrote:

[..]

> >      * make it easy for new and peripherally involved users to get
> >        replies to their casual E-mails without doing a long list of
> >        operations.

> >      Where by a long list of operations, I mean, that in order to get a
> > reply to your mail/question, first you need to:

[.. trimmed the referenced paragraph ..]

> You've obviously never spent time on the OOo user & discuss lists...

[.. bad experience with above use case ..]

> I subscribe to over 80 lists (via gmane.org)

Using a nntp-client You are not affected by the change..

> and respond regularly to 10-15 daily. Were I required to adjust my
> standard 'Reply' to specifically reply to the list rather than the
> individual poster I'd have to make major modifications to my client
> (SeaMonkey).

Would You consider to do that change if You knew making life easier for
*many* community co-members by doing so?

Anyways - You don't have to ;o))

> I view and respond to a list, not to individual posters.

There are so many pro and cons regarding that, how about having it most
easy *for both sides* to follow their believing?

> Further, the changes that you are requesting (if I understand them
> correctly)

You probably don't.. The change in question only concerns reverting
the setting of the "reply-to: $list" header added by the mailinglist
software to each message sent.

> would mean that I'd then have an additional, direct email in
> my inbox from each list poster when I've specifically chosen to view &
> respond via an nntp source (gmane.org) rather than list email.

No. This can happen if accidently a poster uses "reply to all" instead
of "reply-to-list", without trimming the posters address.

> Your request now places the burden on each list user to make changes
> in order to avoid responding to the list poster and instead reply to
> the list in general.

No. Only those using "reply" instead of "reply-to-list" have to change
their habits (which admittedly might cause some annoyance during the
changing period).

[.. general mailinglist access proposal ..]

> If you wish to reply to each poster individually, then perhaps you can
> modify Evolution 3.0.2 to conform to Reply and 'Reply All' to suit your
> requirements.

Thats the reason the change will be done: Make Your mail software work
how it's intended to work, regardless which one.

> -1

Wrong assumption?


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Friedrich
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