[Gllug] Reply-to header munging.

[Jake Jellinek]

--On 30 July 2001 15:39 +0100 Richard Cohen <richard at vmlinuz.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Andy Smith wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 07:39:21PM +0100, Jake Jellinek wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>> >
>> > In particular, I find the headings "Principle of Least Surprise" and
>> > "Principle of Least Damage" to be relevant.
>>
>> I'd second this.  Also with a plea to change the subject lines when
>> the thread goes off in an entirely different direction (my what a
>> large thread about editors, except.. oh, it's not).
>
> I like the current reply-to setting.  My preference is for discussion to
> stay on the list, in general, so you have to make a conscious decision to
> take a thread off the list.
>

Indeed, entirely the argument for *not* having it this way also though. A 
conscious decision to post something to an entire group of people makes 
more sense surely to avoid potential embarrassment, offence or surprise 
It's an argument that's been had a great deal in most lists, and doesn't do 
any harm to have I suppose, as it least raises awareness of the problems.

Jake.


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