Friday, January 21, 2000, 10:03:52 AM, Marck wrote:
> Replies on *this* list are usually to the individual making the original
> posting.
Other lists are different?
> The TB name munging, although repugnant to some, works perfectly to promote
> very sensible and legible conversation.
No it doesn't. The fact that the replies are there does that. The
munging adds nothing but confusion.
> I can tell when someone has replied to one of my postings and zoom in on it
> as a point of interest.
You can do that with threading or having a filter search for your MSGID
identifier and mark the message as high, or copy it into another folder.
> But not when the conversational flow has been compromised by such a device
> as used in your TBUDL reply template. :-(
Good. At least someone has a sane approach.
> IMHO I would recommend reverting to default behaviour for TBUDL replies -
> unless you can come up with a *really* good reason to keep it the way it is
> (beyond the techno-puritanical "don't munge the address" argument).
I recommend not doing it. "Techno-pritanical", to me, seems to be used
in an offensive manner. First off, don't munge the address without a damned
good reason. This is not a damned good reason.
Secondly, I do *NOT* want my name attached with the email address for the
list. My address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thirdly, since one can add addresses to the address book from the TO field
having someone's name attached with an address that isn't theirs, especially
on mailing lists other than TBUDL causes massive confusion.
There is not a single legitimate argument for it. It is one of those
things in TB!, along with RE counting, that *NEVER* should have been
implemented, *MUST* be removed and, damned all to hell, some people think is a
really swell idea. No doubt they want bright pink text on a yellow
background, with blink, as well. Geez.
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