On 06/03/27 11:28 Randall R Schulz apparently typed:
On Monday 27 March 2006 08:19, ken wrote:
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Insanely weak argument. Because the author mistakenly sent a private email to an entire list, he wants everyone to cripple how lists have worked for decades.
BS. Lame-ass mailing lists have done this and subject-line tagging for far too long. That's all. This list does it right. The fact that it's an exception just means most are doing it wrong. Using the standards and specifications as they're written and for what they're intended is proper. The sloth and ignorance of users or administrators is not a valid reason to misuse a standard.
Most lists are discussion lists, and as such intelligently set the default reply-to to the group, which is how discussions are most easily kept going. Accidental private sends frequently cause thread delays or total breaks when a participant fails to notice his errant reply failed to get sent back to him from the list. Since this list is a discussion list and does not default to the group with an appropriately set reply-to, it is as a list admin policy matter configured irrationally, regardless what any specifications have to say about the matter. See also: http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-useful.html -- "Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord." Psalm 119:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/