Re: Mailing list musings (was: RSVP...)

From: Mark Leisher (mleisher@crl.nmsu.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 22 1997 - 10:53:30 EDT


    Pete> Let's hear it for that Reply-To line. :-( Obviously these should
    Pete> have gone to the sender and *not* to the list. But the list is
    Pete> trying to be helpful. Silly list. Getting rid of the From field
    Pete> pointing to the list is great. Leaving the Reply-To pointing to the
    Pete> list is unnecessary; I can use the Reply-All command if I want to
    Pete> talk to the list.

I have to disagree. The vast majority of the time (like this one), I want to
reply to the list. I have never understood why people subscribe to a public
forum and then want to maintain personal communication as the default.
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