John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > >> I'm not going to get into this discussion again, other than to refer >> you to the previous thread >> >> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2007-May/msg00021.html > > That's one reply I did not see. I have seen the article it links to, > and I don't agree with some of its basic assumptions. This tired topic has been discussed to death many times over on many lists, including this one. I wouldn't expect agreement to jump at us out of the bushes now. >> To quote Markus >> >> "This just replaces one set of problems with a different set of >> arguably worse problems, shifting the annoyance from one set of people >> (which includes John) to another set (which includes me)." >> >> So no, it won't be changing. > > If all email clients shipped by RH and Fedora were "reasonable > mailers" as assumed by Chip, I really wouldn't care so much. > > I could almost cope if the version of mailman Red Hat's using would > gaily send me so-called duplicates, but it won't. I've checked my > configuration. > > Whatever _I_ do, I miss replies others make. If you, Dan, choose > "group reply" or "reply to all,"[1] I often don't get it. I've never > seen value in off-list replies, except for very rare cases where, > maybe highlighting someone's ignorance might embarrass them, but they > need to be put straight. I don't understand how you miss replies *often*. Can you identify the conditions that make you miss a reply? If you can, we might be able to help you fix that. > I for one would be happy if my email address never went to email > lists; the fact it does is the reason I need to apply antispam to this > domain. Tough. > [1] I don't see the point of those wrt _this_ list. Mutt users might > try L to reply to the list. [...] > You cannot reply off-list:-) I consider that bad manners. Discussion of manners, however, is quite off-topic on this list. Feel free to reply to me personally. -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
