I am on a few other lists and they apparently have a filtering mechanism to prevent out-of-office replies from going to the list. I'm sure that the technology is mature enough now that this is a function of the list management software. That said, it's just an extra mental step; a minor inconvenience. Yes, I realized after re-sending my original message that the list must be down.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nasir Barday Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: IxDA Discuss Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] AWOL posts, was 'survey on design pattern usage' We had an outage that prevented posts from appearing on the list, so even if you hit your handy reply-all button, the post wouldn't have gone through. We fixed the problem and put some preventative measures in place to keep it from coming up again. As for the usability of setting the default reply-to address as the original sender, we've set it up this way so that out-of-office replies don't get broadcast to the list and bounce back and forth between each other, bringing the list to its knees. Is this really the least usable list to which you subscribe? There are several other UX lists that behave the same way, for the same reason. There's a fine balance to walk here, mostly because Internet e-mail is a system that hasn't evolved much from its roots in the 70s. That said, we're looking at a complete re-design of the IxDA experience, which includes re-approaching the list and thwarting most of the shortcomings we experience with e-mail as a discussion medium. I hate to leave you hanging there, but I promise more information in the next few weeks :-). Cheers, Nasir Barday Digital Infrastructure Dude Interaction Design Association ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
