On 1/12/06, Netocrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isak Savo wrote: > > 2006/1/12, Axel Liljencrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>On 1/12/06, Isak Savo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>C:C-ing fish-users. Axel: you forgot to hit "reply all".. > >> > >>My bad. And it's not the first time I do that either. :( > > > > You know you can force a "Reply-To:"-header for all mails to this > > list, right? In the mailman configuration: > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/admin/fish-users > > > > Even though they don't recommend it, I think it's a good idea... > > One reason it's not recommended is that the consequences of an > unintended reply-all - a publicised and potentially embarassing personal > response that can't be unpublicised - are far worse than an unintended > reply-to-sender-only - a private response that the recipient would have > received anyway and that can easily be resent to the list.
On one hand, you have a very common problem (I'm not smart enough to press the right button), which can be easily remedied. On the other hand, you have a very rare problem (I intended to flame someone or decalare my undying love for her, and my mail ends up on a mailing list) which is a potentially serious problem that can't be fixed afterwards. One has to weigh the seriousness of the problems against their relative frequency. Seeing how I'm the doofus who can't press the right button I'm inclined to think that the first problem is so much more common that it should get precedense, but it's not a strong conviction. Does anyone else have a strong opinion on the subject? Note: I accidentally clicked 'reply' on this message, but noticed before sending, and added the mailing list address... > > -- > http://members.dodo.com.au/~netocrat > -- Axel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
