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On Friday 02 July 2010 10:14:38 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 02:54:33 +0200, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: |
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> > It is usually better and prefer the "answer to all" policy as it permit |
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> > to be notified of an answer without having to track the whole mailing |
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> > list. |
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> If I post to the list, I expect a reply via the list. Getting two replies |
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> is annoying, especially if I don't realise the private one is a duplicate |
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> and reply to it before checking the list. One of the main points of a list |
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> is that it is a public discussion, archived for all to see, fragmenting |
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> conversations into private mail defeats that point. |
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Very true. |
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I'm not sending this very reply to Neil. I'm sending it to the entire group of |
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people on the list. |
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That is the entire intent of a mailing list and the Reply-To policy reflects |
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that. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |