Hi Markus,
On 21 January 2000 at 18:01:39 GMT +0100 (which was 17:01 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points:
>> off-list reply is Ctrl-F4. It works every time. Get used to it and
>> avoid embarrassing stains - I mean - incidents. ;-)
MG> Careful with your suggestions. This doesn't work when somebody,
MG> such as me, has '%TO=""%TO="TBUDL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"' in
MG> his/her reply template.
Hmm. Thanks for that warning , Markus. Those of you with this problem
please take note.
However, I now feel a mini-rant coming on. >:-> It makes very little
sense to me for anyone to do that on this list. What is wrong with the
To: address that is put in there by default? Whether you use the
munged setting or not (you now have the switch to change the default
TB behaviour).
Replies on *this* list are usually to the individual making the
original posting. The TB name munging, although repugnant to some,
works perfectly to promote very sensible and legible conversation. I
can tell when someone has replied to one of my postings and zoom in on
it as a point of interest. But not when the conversational flow has
been compromised by such a device as used in your TBUDL reply
template. :-(
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).
OTOH, if you want to keep it the way you've got it, you have every
right. My advice still stands for those less munge-phobic - use
Ctrl-F4 to speak off-list and standard Reply mechanisms to address
messages to posters within the list. Those of you sympathising with
Markus - sorry I have no solutions :-(
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Cheers,
.\\arck
Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Co-moderator TBUDL / TBBETA
www: http://www.silverstones.com
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