Re: To the list or not to the list (was My own DOF ...)
graywolf wrote: I did not intend to sent that to the list. I need to remember to change the recipient before typing, maybe a post-it note on the monitor. I do apologize to the list for posting it here. Well, I haven't read much of the list lately - but I'm down with a cold and can't concentrate on work. Just two points: Why isn't easier to reply off list? Is there no way to do this without (in my mail at least) having to copy and paste the writer's address into another window. Can't it be set up so that one can hit reply' in whatever mail server one is using and it will only be sent to the person to whom one wants to replY? and using Reply all would send it to the list as well, but it would have to be a conscious decision. On PDML I have found even if I take the list address off the send to line it goes to the list - forcing it to the reply to. The other list I'm on (which is a yahoo groups list) the opposite is true - one has to do an extra step to send to the list. That list was set up that way for the very reason that people were publicly saying stuff that they had meant to be private - and once it was something not just idealistic but intensely personal (That list's members are mostly people who know and see each other in real life a lot more often than those here.) The other point is simply that I think signature lines, no matter what they say (beyond one's name and address, are one of the most annoying features of email. I never read them and strip them out when replying - they just clutter things up. sniffle sniffle, achoo achoo annsan
Re: To the list or not to the list (was My own DOF ...)
Hi, Wednesday, March 24, 2004, 6:58:50 PM, Ann wrote: Why isn't easier to reply off list? Is there no way to do this without (in my mail at least) having to copy and paste the writer's address into another window. In most of the mail clients I've used you can use Reply All and just remove the list address. That's what I do. Can't it be set up so that one can hit reply' in whatever mail server one is using and it will only be sent to the person to whom one wants to replY? and using Reply all would send it to the list as well, but it would have to be a conscious decision. I'm on another list which has that and I really don't like it. Perhaps that's because I'm used to the behaviour of this one. If most of your replies are to the list - which I suspect is true for most people on this list - then having 'Reply' set up to reply to the individual only will cause an awful lot of extra work for a lot of people. They would have to hit 'Reply All' - getting everybody to remember would be quite a feat - then strip out the individual's name so it only went to the list. Otherwise the individual would get 2 copies, which causes even more work as they then have to delete the duplicates, and remember which one to reply to. If you reply to the wrong one it will go to the other individual, not to the list, and so on. As far as I remember it was set up rather like this when I first subscribed, and it wasn't successful even with the lower volumes of email back then. The other point is simply that I think signature lines, no matter what they say (beyond one's name and address, are one of the most annoying features of email. Amen. But they can very revealing! -- Cheers, Bob
