I wouldn't say harmful, unless you send sensitive information without checking. At that point I think it's actually email that's harmful, or anything without an undo. Neither option is ideal as someone will likely have to change who they are sending to at least some of the time. However, I think code4lib has mostly discussion that can be kept on-list and probably should be. I'd rather inconvenience the few unless there is compelling reason to inconvenience everyone.
Eby On 3/30/07, Hilmar Lapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's not a charged issue, it's simply a harmful but entirely unnecessary practice. For a much more eloquent explanation, see for example http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html Besides, not all email clients have a reply-to-sender feature (mine - Apple Mail - for example doesn't), but practically all have a reply- to-all feature. -hilmar On Mar 30, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Erik Hatcher wrote: > On Mar 30, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Daniel Chudnov wrote: > >> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Ross Singer wrote: >> >>> Well that probably didn't need to go to the whole world, but there >>> you go. >> >> /me votes for turning off reply-to munging on this list. > > -1 - replies should go to lists. :) i know, i know, its a very > charged issue, but i feel strongly that an e-mail list is about > community and i can easily hit reply-to-sender in my mail interface > if i want to send something privately. and i am very aware that > others feel strongly on the opposite side of this issue. > > Erik -- =========================================================== : Hilmar Lapp -:- Durham, NC -:- hlapp at duke dot edu : ===========================================================