hi all,
Am Dienstag 30 August 2005 16:50 schrieb Stefan Tiedje:
IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
it is for those peope who do not read the pd-list and thus do not know that this has been already discussed.
And though it has been discussed, the natural solution, to ad a reply-to to the header has not been changed. Each time its coming up it adds to the significance that with reply-to is better than without !!!
Less traffic, less confusion, more messages which are ment to go to the list arrive at the list, simply more intelligent.
for that, this issue is a PEBKAC.
i can tell my mail client to reply to: r)eply to sender l)ist a)ll
depending just on which of these 3 keys i press. instead of somesone fiddling with the list, the user should learn his e-mail client and simply press the right key!
The only acceptable argument against: the danger of posting private mails to the list, has no practical relevance in any of the list (the majority of lists) i am subscribed to. Modern e-mail clients allow to filter messages into their own folders, which safely prevents you from sending private mails to any list.
I agree that there might still be different oppinions possible, but the evidence points to somewhere else...
the evidence points to standards that we should apply, and that is to not tweak the reply to field.
imagine:
one sets up a autoresponder, like "im in hollidays for 3 weeks now" and you send a mail to the list.
with the original header, the sender will get that auto-reply. with a modified header, it may end up on the list instead.
I know, for those who only read the Pd-list a change might need some time to get used to (though they might not realise, as reply-all would still send the reply to the list), but for everybody else it would be a releaf.
Stefan
i would say, get used to use your email client correctly. just because you are used to simply r)eply to mails, that doesnt mean you can not do a l)isr reply instead......
P.S. Beware each time its coming up, I'll chime in, though, if I forget to change the recipient it might not show up. If anybody who wants also to chime in, double check if you're answering to the list...
yes, i do, by pressing "l" on my keyboard ... ;)
greetings,
chris