It's a serverwide setting and so far it looks like most people want to keep it the way it is.
I will ask the list for the list software if there is a way to have the original sender in the cc line as well but I can't promise anything. Vern On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:06:38 -0400 "Rosalie B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:27:21 -0400, you wrote: > >>> Another thing that I don't like is that the option to >>>respond directly >>> to someone has been taken away. It can still be done, >>>but only if you >>> can figure out the person's address. It isn't >>>automatic. >>> >>Well there is a setting to change the way the addresses >>show up however I think most people would rather be able >>to hit reply and have it go to the list. > > What is the setting. >> >>I honestly thing that more bandwidth is taken up the >>other >>way because in order to make it easy to reply to the list >>most people hit reply to all. As more people get >>involved >>in the thread the reply to all list grows and now you are >>sending messages to the list and 10 other people. >> > That is indeed what is happening, but it isn't the way >it is supposed > to work. IMHO, what is needed is to have the reply to >the list be the > default, and the "Reply All" to include the address of >the person you > are answering. > > Just backwards of the way the original L-A list had it. > > That way it would be easy to reply off the list by just >cutting the CC > and putting it in the To line. Which is more or less >the same as what > I do now in order to keep from replying to everyone when >I reply all - > that is cut the list address out of the CC line and >substituting it > for the individual addresses. > > Also it would be polite, if you are responding to >someone AND posting > to the list to write "(posted and emailed)" at the top. > >>I think for the most part any thread that is on topic >>should be going to the list because many people are >>interested in what the response to questions are. Also >>someone may want to find that information later in the >>archives. >> >>The senders name is always in the message headder and I >>would encourage people to send messages directly to the >>sender if they are of no interest to the list. >> > I just tried that, but it makes it hard to quote. > >>Thanks, >>Vern >>_______________________________________________ >>Liveaboard mailing list >>[email protected] >>To adjust your membership settings over the web >>http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >>To subscribe send an email to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>To unsubscribe send an email to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>The archives are at >>http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web >http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at >http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/
