On 18/06/17 09:01 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
The REAL point is that you don't have to be forced to check every message you type to ensure that it is going to the right destination. When I click on the Reply icon I expect that the msg will be delivered as a private msg because this is what Reply is designed to do.
I've spent a lot of time telling many people that .. Context is Everything and still people don't get it. If you're on a list, the natural repose is that you reply to the list; why else subscribe to the list? But the RFCs make the point that its individuals who make up the list and you might want to reply to the individual, so there are two buttons: 'reply-to' and 'reply-to-list'. Except ... Some list management sites, YahooGroups, GoogleGroups and SourceForge Or at leas the list I'm on) that I subscribe to, though there may be others, send email where the 'reply-to' goes to the list , not the individual. Their list management software does not supply the necessary list identification/response tags in the header for there to be the separate 'reply-to' & 'reply-to-list' buttons enable that we are familiar with on this list. The point I'm making is that not all lists follow the same protocols about replying. Different people interpret that the reply function means. Some reason that if you're on a list then you must be replying to something on the list, and if not, then you'll go to extraordinary lengths to make it clear who you are replying to. heck, you might even be -- shock horror -- forwarding or archiving the message! Yes, you *should* check. There have been many novels written about (physical) letters that get put in the wrong envelopes, mis-addressed. There no shortage of horror stories about business setting where the 'reply all' rather then than the 'reply' buton was accidentally pressed. Software checks are one thing. Most mistakes come from humans. That has always been the case, and it doesn't seem to change. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org