[Wylug-discuss] Uptimes

[Peter Corlett]

Martyn Ranyard <martyn at syn.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk>:
>> Well, since I responded to a post on the list, I must be reading and
>> participating in the list, yes?
> But not necessary recieving it via email, you could be viewing it on the
> web or recieving digests.

So? I'll be receiving replies, in the method I've chosen to read list
traffic.

>> So why on earth would I want a reply that is personally-addressed? It
>> looks like somebody is taking stuff off-list, and it's very annoying if
>> you compose a reply to them to then find that the message was also sent
>> to the list, and it would have been better to provide a reply for
>> everybody to read.
> Immediate replies to digest-mode for one, auto-filtering to folders and
> things that arrive in the inbox are more important for another. There are
> more, but there are valid reasons.

So senders are arrogant enough to think that their post is so vitally
important that they have to send a second copy that bypasses list filtering.
Because clearly I'm incapable of judging for myself how important traffic on
a given list is. (Clue: wylug-* lists are right near the bottom of the list
of stuff I check, because of the lousy S/N ratio.)

> If you want to know if it's gone to the list too, check the to: and cc:
> headers.

Why expect me to look at the headers, when the sender clearly didn't bother
to.

> This kind of debate really increases mail traffic and I've never seen it
> resolved in a sensible way, apart from just not moaning about personal
> preference.

>> Use a proper MUA then :p
> There's too many, and without the whole reply-to munging debarcle, you end
> up with more reply options than you can shake a stick at. Besides, I have
> valid reasons for using imp.

What's this got to do with the "reply-to munging debacle". I'm just asking
people to engage their brain and look at where they're sending mail, rather
than just blanket-bombing it.

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