This is a perfect example of why the 'reply to' thing was originally broken,
recently fixed, and today reset back to the broken state.
One person posts an OT message that is quite easily resolved by doing a
simple google search.
But since the 'reply to' is broken again, we get 7 different replies
Dave Nebinger wrote:
This is a perfect example of why the 'reply to' thing was originally broken,
recently fixed, and today reset back to the broken state.
One person posts an OT message that is quite easily resolved by doing a
simple google search.
But since the 'reply to' is broken again, we get
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Holly Bostick wrote:
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| Yes, but the point of the list is to tell the list, not that one person
| alone. Had all 7 replies been to the OP, then no one else who wanted the
| answer, now or in the future, would know what the answer was.
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| In which case
Mike Noble wrote:
Holly is so correct here, all replies should go back to the list. If
you want to make a reply to the specific person, you know that you want
to change the behavior and you make a conscious effort to change the
the address to which the message is being sent.
I understand what you
> Yes, but the point of the list is to tell the list, not that one person
> alone. Had all 7 replies been to the OP, then no one else who wanted the
> answer, now or in the future, would know what the answer was.
The broken 'reply to' means that you don't have to think about where your
replies go,
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Dave Nebinger wrote:
This is a perfect example of why the 'reply to' thing was originally broken,
recently fixed, and today reset back to the broken state.
One person posts an OT message that is quite easily resolved by doing a
simple google search.
But since the 'reply to' is
> I know that today I sent two messages back to the people who originally
> posted when I really wanted it to go back to the list. Yes I was not
> thinking and just did a reply (which should have gone to the list).
That's just it - the thought process should go into which messages go to the
list,
Wrong, a reply that does not go back to the list is knowledge lost to
the community ...
BillK
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 08:28 -0500, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> > I know that today I sent two messages back to the people who originally
> > posted when I really wanted it to go back to the list. Yes I was
On Thursday 24 February 2005 07:43 am, William Kenworthy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wrong, a reply that does not go back to the list is knowledge lost to
> the community ...
No, it's not. You can *always* send a message again if it was supposed to
go to the list. You *can't* retract a message
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:08:21 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> No, it's not. You can *always* send a message again if it was supposed
> to go to the list. You *can't* retract a message if it was not supposed
> to go to the list.
If you are going to send potentially offensive, libellous or
On Thursday 24 February 2005 10:01 am, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:08:21 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > No, it's not. You can *always* send a message again if it was
> > supposed to go to the list. You *can't* retract a message if it was
> > not su
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:23:39 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> My statement does not concern offensive, libellous, or embarrassing
> emails at all. :P My statement concerns the fictional "loss of
> information" associated with not sending to the list.
It is not fictional. if the list has
On Thursday 24 February 2005 11:10 am, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Next you'll be claiming it doesn't matter whether you use vi or emacs
> ;-)
Let's not get into religion on this list. ;)
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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Thursday 24 February 2005 11:10 am, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Next you'll be claiming it doesn't matter whether you use vi or emacs
;-)
Let's not get into religion on this list. ;)
Hehe, I use both...
Wonder where that takes me...
/Andreas
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