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Re: Thought on receiving two answers...



On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 11:10:58PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> I am sure I'm not the only one who gets mildly irritated with people
> sending replies both to the sender (my personal email address) and to
> the list. I am also sure I'm not the only one who accepts this practice,
> especially on mailing lists that are open for everyone to post to (as
> opposed to open only to subscribers). What I can't quite understand is
> why no-one has tried to solve this "problem". Or maybe I just don't know
> about it?
> 
> AFAICS it would be possible to get mailing list managing software, like
> mailman, to add a header to email sent to lists indicating the senders
> preference. Then well-behaved mail clients can use that header as a hint
> when the user replies to a mailing list.
> 
> What do you think?

Can open? check.
Worms in can? check.
ready??? spill worms!

A

> 
> /M
> 
> -- 
> Magnus Therning                    (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4)
> magnus@therning.org
> http://therning.org/magnus
> 
> Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish.
> Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship
> by patent law on written works.
> 
> Of course I laugh at my own jokes. You can't trust strangers.
>      -- Phyllis Diller


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