> "It Adds Nothing" is absolutely false. Being able to automatically > respond to the list adds more naturally expected behaviour. > I remain steadfast in my opinion that automatically replying to the > list is a much more natural option.
My opinion is that this is a multi person discussion forum, not a person to person forum. I get the messages from the php-general list, not from any individuals here. I reply to the list, not to the individuals. If I post a message I expect replies to come from the list so everyone can read them and fill in their comments. I don't see the point of answering questions posted on the list privately since it then, IMHO, breaks the purpose of the list. I read and learn many things just following the discussions on the list. Many times it means I don't have to post a similar question since I already found the answer. Topics I know that will help me in the future I save so I don't have to add noise to the list. I have got several private replies to posts on the PHP lists that I am sure was intended to be posted to the list and not privately to me. If I need to follow up on it I post I back to the list, but then I have to quote most of the comments I got since no one else on the list have seen them. Another benefit by having the Reply-To rewritten to the list address is that I then wont have to get x number of auto replies from mail servers informing me that the receivers mailbox is full. Posting to this list generates about 3-5 such messages at the moment. When I posted to the install list I got 10++ such messages and other "shit" that I don't want. A properly configured list would easily filter this out and I would never see them. I am not demanding this to be changed. These lists are important enough for me to live with these problems. I would be very grateful though if the moderator(s) decided it would be a good idea to make this change. /T -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
