On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 2009-08-29 22:31, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> <using gmail . . . rich formatting . . . clicked "repy to all"> >> <oh . . . and this is top-posted> >> get over the email format! > > I know. Lost that war a long time ago... > >> gmail provides a nice gui-riffic format that many feel comfortable >> using. I don't get where this complaining about client usage is going. >> If you a want more "pure" OS, then . . . ummmm . . . go somewhere >> else. >> >> Ron (et al) . . . you seem to have no problem responding to the >> majority of posts to this list. Is it really a matter of principle? We >> understand that you "hate" gmail, but when you respond to this post >> you will be admitting that it has no real affect on the overall debain >> project. >> >> </top posting is an issue . . . not a gmail issue> >> </I hope that you can read this> > > Huh?
Just closing the gmail message (i.e., failed joke). I guess it should have been past tense. > >> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.john...@cox.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 2009-08-29 21:21, Celejar wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:51:04 -0700 >>>> "Kevin Ross" <ke...@familyross.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>>> If this is official Debian policy, then why don't they set the Reply-To >>>>> header to be the list? As it is now, every time I reply, I have to >>>>> manually >>>>> edit the addressee list. Hitting Reply only goes to the original >>>>> poster. >>>>> Reply All goes to the poster and the list. >>>> >>>> http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.html >>>> >>>> I know that there's another side to the debate. >>> >>> <QUOTE> >>> Since Reply-To munging adds additional functionality, it >>> actually increases freedom of choice. Not only can you now >>> reply only to the list, you still have the option to reply >>> to the original author, or to all recipients, easily and >>> conveniently. >>> </QUOTE> >>> >>> Except... that's not true. On the lists I'm subscribed to which do >>> reply-to >>> munging, both <Reply> and <Reply All> only reply to the list address. > > -- > Obsession with "preserving cultural heritage" is a racist impediment > to moral, physical and intellectual progress. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org