On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 08:33 -0700, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Anyway, Barry asked: > > >> Have you never wanted to reply privately to the author of a mailing > >> message? > > Of course. But it's not the common case; the common case is: > continue > the discussion, on-list. So you're wanting to do soemthing other > than > the default, so you should *have* to do something differently in > order > to accomplish it. > > Mailing lists are different from other kinds of email; otherwise why > have lists at all?
Exactly. I've also needed to reply privately. I find it _far_ easier to remove addresses from the To: bar than it is to look them up and add them. Of course, that's just me: I'm not über-1337 or anything like that, so I don't have an SQLite database or 30 in my head. See my reply from a few moments ago for (the start of!) an idea that might make sense in today's technological environment and aims to please both ends of the spectrum, including people close to the middle such as myself. --- Mike -- Blog: http://mike.trausch.us/blog/ Misc. Software: http://mike.trausch.us/software/ “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” —Michelangelo _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9