The current behavior is not the one I've signed up for. Maybe I misunderstood what was being said myself. I agree with Brett. I thought the idea was people can cc people directly if they know who they want to get the attention of but the mailing list is still the reply-to address. You are still responsible for the topics and tags you're interested in. This convention would have made it easier to filter tags and for any mail that cced you to a folder. The recipient should still scan mail subjects without tags occasionally but they don't have to worry about missing emails because they know full well that if something needs your attention the sender would have cced you.
As the way this is implemented, if you and brett replied to an email separately and I replied to your email, Brett is not included anyways so again it loses any type of advantage you think this implementation gains. --Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: Sheng Yang [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 3:06 PM > To: Brett Porter > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] cloudstack-dev mailing list has stripped "Reply-to" > header > > Hi Brett, > > The "reply-to" header is exactly what bothering us. It make us go > through every thread to check if it's the one we've involved or not. > > And, people would able to update their mail client filter to the get > the result they want when we're using current policy, but they can't > get the mail they involved when we enforce "reploy-to" policy. > > I know it's an enforcement for new member reply in the public, but I > believe it's better(and not that hard) to be spontaneously. > > --Sheng > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Brett Porter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I hate jumping in after the fact, but I wanted to check if that was the > > result > everyone was expecting? What I understood from the previous thread was > that the community would build up a convention of CCing people to get their > attention, not that the default reply-to would be changed. > > > > I'm confused by the claim that the list stripped To/CC, as I can see > > examples > where they were retained when used [1] [2]. When I reply-to-all on those > messages, they are also retained as CCs. Is that not what you were seeing? > > > > The thing that wasn't retained was a CC of the sender if you reply-to-all, > but a better alternative to that would be for people wishing to have that > behaviour to CC themselves on mails they send to the list. I know at least one > person said they didn't want to be CC'd on list mails, and they could then > choose whether or not that happens. > > > > The reason reply-to the list is the default is so that the default mode of > operation is communicating with the entire community publicly. It is probably > most helpful to newer members of the list that aren't yet familiar with the > conventions. This change will particularly trip up those that are new to the > list, > but familiar with other ASF lists where reply-to is predominantly set. If you > intend to continue with the change, you may want to consider adding a > message trailer that reminds readers of the difference, and points them to > the mailing list guidelines. > > > > Cheers, > > Brett > > > > [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-cloudstack- > dev/201302.mbox/raw/%3CCA+96GG4YVnrYBjMy4yRQwtpqZLKLYeb39n1kq > [email protected]%3E > > [2] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-cloudstack- > dev/201302.mbox/raw/%[email protected]%3E > > > > On 06/02/2013, at 8:44 AM, Sheng Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Based on the discussion in > >> > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.cloudstack.devel/9216 , > >> I've requested Infra team to disable the list from adding a reply-to > >> header pointing to the list, which means, from now on, every thread > >> you participated, would keep you in the thread, by sending mail to you > >> directly(when others are "replying all"). > >> > >> So there is one new rule need to be emphasized: Do remember to reply > all. > >> > >> I've updated the mailing list guide line to include: > >> > >> <quote> > >> Always use "Reply to All", to keep everyone and mailing list in the > >> thread. Don't be afraid to make a correction if you used "Reply" to > >> single people involved by mistake. > >> </quote> > >> > >> I hope this movement would make the communication more effective. > >> > >> PS: you may want to update your mailing list filter, and set your mail > >> client's to "Reply All" by default. > >> > >> --Sheng > > > > -- > > Brett Porter > > [email protected] > > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > > http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter > > http://twitter.com/brettporter > > > > > > > > > >
