Hi, well, my opinion as someone who has been on the list for many years, and seen how the old system works, is that this system does work better as Shay says. Many people hit reply to without thinking where it is going because they are thinking about the problem they are responding to. Cheers, Susan
On 6/1/05 8:24 PM, "Matt Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shay. Thanks for the explanation, although please forgive me if I still > don't agree with the system and think the reasons are a bit thin. > > Maybe some of us don't have to think too much or carefully about > writing and are perfectly capable of responding or posting correctly > and can actually hold the responsibility of just hitting reply. I > don't experience the 'problem' on any other list apart from maybe a > very rare occasion, but maybe you get more of your fair share of > knuckle draggers in this neck of the woods.:-) > > Just my opinion. Not trying to change anything, just asked why. > > Cheers, Matt. > > On 5 Jan 2005, at 15:36, Shay Telfer wrote: > >> >> The problem with 'reply to sender' as the default is that many >> (particularly novice) users intend to reply to the poster, and don't >> realise it's actually going via the list. This of course is then >> usually followed by a post which says "I'm sorry about that". And then >> possibly a post from someone else which says "That's ok" etc. >> >> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
