On 11Jul2010 01:06, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Felipe Contreras | > <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | >>> In my opinion, many lists set the reply-to address because those lists | >>> are intended to keep replies on the list, and the list managers know | >>> that most people wouldn't do that if it wasn't preset for them. People | >>> will just hit reply, and expect it to do the right thing. | >> | >> I wonder, how do you think people are able to maintain private | >> conversations between multiple parties if they "will just hit reply"? | > | > I regularly have conversations with multiple friends or colleagues | > where at some point someone hits "reply" rather than "reply to all" | > and all but two are cut off. | | Exactly, so common users need to know "reply to all" in order to have | conversations with more than one person. It is *common* knowledge. | | So members of the mailing list are aware of such "reply to all" common | knowledge. It may be common knowledge. It is not reflexive behaviour. People reach for plain reply by habit. Happens all the time, very common. Personally I think mail readers should have buttons labelled "Reply" (meaning reply-to-all) and "Reply only to author" (meaning what the button labelled "reply" usually mean now). It is _usually_ better to reply-to-all in ad hoc groups like the above example, and also better to reply-to-all in one-to-one conversation (where the buttons mean the same thing). So I, for one, would advocate going back in time and changing the "default" reply button's meaning. Then the situation that _drives_ the common list configuration of the reply-to would not be as prevalent. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Generally, these things are dreadful, but I saw a clip the other night on tv of someone who had built a scorpion costume for their spaniel, complete with legs and a stinger. It was quite impressive. Made me want to run out and buy a dog and a some foam rubber. - David Farley -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
